| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus, | 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus, |
| 2To Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. | 2To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. |
| 3I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day, | 3I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. |
| 4longing to see you, even as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy. | 4As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. |
| 5For 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. | 5I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. |
| 6For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. | 6For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, |
| 7For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. | 7for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. |
| 8Therefore 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, | 8Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, |
| 9who 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, | 9who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, |
| 10but 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, | 10and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, |
| 11for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher. | 11for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, |
| 12For 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 until that day. | 12which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me. |
| 13Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. | 13Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. |
| 14Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you. | 14By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you. |
| 15You are aware of the fact that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. | 15You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. |
| 16The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains; | 16May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, |
| 17but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me-- | 17but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me— |
| 18the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on that day-- and you know very well what services he rendered at Ephesus. | 18may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day!—and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus. |
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