1. Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, according to promise of life, the life which is in Christ Jesus,
2. to Timotheus, my beloved child: grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. I am thankful to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day,
4. earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
5. calling to mind the unfeigned faith which has been in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also.
6. For which cause I put thee in mind to rekindle the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
7. For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion.