11 Paul , an apostle of Christ Jesus [1] by the will of God , according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus , 2 To Timothy , my beloved [2] son : Grace , mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord .
3 I thank God , whom I serve with a clear conscience [3]the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember e you in my [4]prayers night and day , 4 longing to see you, even as I recall your tears , so that I may be filled with joy . 5 [5]For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice , and I am sure that it is in you as well .
6 For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands . 7 For God has not given us a spirit of [6]timidity , but of power and love and [7]discipline . 8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner , but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God , 9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling , not according to our works , but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity , 10 but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus , who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel , 11 for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher . 12 For this reason I also suffer these things , but I am not ashamed ; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him [8]until that day . 13 [9] Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus . 14 Guard , through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the [10] treasure e which has been entrusted to you.
15 You are aware of the fact that all who are in [11] Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes . 16 The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus , for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my [12] chains ; 17 but when he was in Rome , he eagerly searched for me and found me- 18 the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on that day -and you know very well what services he rendered at Ephesus .
31 But realize this , that in the last days difficult times will come . 2 For men will be lovers of self , lovers of money , boastful , arrogant , revilers , disobedient to parents , ungrateful , unholy , 3 unloving , irreconcilable , malicious gossips , without self-control , brutal , haters of good , 4 treacherous , reckless , conceited , lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God , 5 holding to a form of godliness , although they have denied its power ; Avoid such men as these . 6 For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins , led on by various impulses , 7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth . 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses , so these men also oppose the truth , men of depraved mind , rejected in regard to the faith . 9 But they will not make further e progress ; for their folly will be obvious to all , just as Jannes's and Jambres's folly was also .
10 Now you followed my teaching , conduct , purpose , faith , patience , love , perseverance , 11 persecutions , and sufferings , such as happened to me at Antioch , at Iconium and at Lystra ; what persecutions I endured , and out of them all the Lord rescued me! 12 Indeed , all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted . 13 But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse , deceiving and being deceived . 14 You, however , continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus . 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching , for reproof , for correction , for training in righteousness ; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate , equipped for every good work .
