Paul’s Greeting to Timothy
(1 Timothy 1:1–2)

1Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

2to Timothy my beloved son, grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

Faithfulness under Persecution
(Matthew 10:16–25)

3I give thanks to God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience, having remembrance of thee continually in my prayers night and day; 4greatly desiring to see thee, (for I remember thy tears,) that I may be filled with joy: 5keeping in memory the unfeigned faith, that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice: and I am persuaded that it dwells in thee also;

6for which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God which is in thee through the imposition of my hands. 7For God hath not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but of vigor, and of love, and of prudence.

8Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but bear thy part in the afflictions of the gospel, according to the power of God; 9who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose, and grace bestowed upon us through Christ Jesus, before the world was, 10but now made manifest by the appearance of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light by the gospel: for which I was appointed an herald, 11and an apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles: 12for which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed: for I know in whom I have trusted, and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him against that day.

Holding to Sound Teaching

13Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 14The good thing committed to thee keep, through the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.

15Thou knowest that all those of Asia are turned from me, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes. 16The Lord shew mercy to the family of Onesiphorus; for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: but when he was at Rome, 17he sought for me the more diligently, and found me. 18(The Lord grant that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day!) And how much he ministered to me at Ephesus too, thou knowest full well.