Paul’s Greeting to Timothy (1 Timothy 1:1–2)
1 CPDV Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, in accord with the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus, BSB BSB: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
2 CPDV to Timothy, most beloved son. Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord. BSB BSB: To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Faithfulness under Persecution (Matthew 10:16–25)
3 CPDV I give thanks to God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. For without ceasing I hold the remembrance of you in my prayers, night and day, BSB BSB: I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
4 CPDV desiring to see you, recalling your tears so as to be filled with joy, BSB BSB: Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.
5 CPDV calling to mind the same faith, which is in you unfeigned, which also first dwelt in your grandmother, Lois, and in your mother, Eunice, and also, I am certain, in you. BSB BSB: I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
6 CPDV Because of this, I admonish you to revive the grace of God, which is in you by the imposition of my hands. BSB BSB: For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
7 CPDV For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint. BSB BSB: For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
8 CPDV And so, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. Instead, collaborate with the Gospel in accord with the virtue of God, BSB BSB: So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
9 CPDV who has freed us and has called us to his holy vocation, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the ages of time. BSB BSB: He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
10 CPDV And this has now been made manifest by the illumination of our Savior Jesus Christ, who certainly has destroyed death, and who has also illuminated life and incorruption through the Gospel. BSB BSB: And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
11 CPDV Of this Gospel, I have been appointed a preacher, and an Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. BSB BSB: to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
12 CPDV For this reason, I also suffer these things. But I am not confounded. For I know in whom I have believed, and I am certain that he has the power to preserve what was entrusted to me, unto that day. BSB BSB: For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, 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 for that day.
Holding to Sound Teaching 13 CPDV Hold to the kind of sound words that you have heard from me in the faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. BSB BSB: Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
14 CPDV Guard the good entrusted to you through the Holy Spirit, who lives within us. BSB BSB: Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
15 CPDV Know this: that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes. BSB BSB: You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16 CPDV May the Lord have mercy on the house of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me, and he has not been ashamed of my chains. BSB BSB: May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
17 CPDV Instead, when he had arrived in Rome, he anxiously sought me and found me. BSB BSB: Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.
18 CPDV May the Lord grant to him to obtain mercy from the Lord in that day. And you know well in how many ways he has ministered to me at Ephesus. BSB BSB: May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.
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