Paul’s Greeting to Timothy (1 Timothy 1:1–2)
1 UDB I, Paul, am writing to Timothy. Christ Jesus sent me as an apostle to tell everyone that if they are united with him, God promises to make them live both now and forever. BSB BSB: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
2 UDB Timothy, I love you like my own son. May God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord act kindly and mercifully and peacefully toward you. 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 UDB I thank God and I serve Him because I truly want to do what he wants, just as my ancestors did. I have always remembered to pray for you, Timothy, 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 UDB I really want to see you because I remember how you cried for me. If I see you again, I will be completely joyful. BSB BSB: Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.
5 UDB I remember that you truly believe in Jesus! First, your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice trusted their lives to Jesus Christ, and I am sure that you also trust in Jesus Christ just like they did! 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 UDB Because you trust in Jesus, I remind you to start using again the gift God gave you when I put my hands on you and prayed for you. 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 UDB When God's Spirit came to us, he did not cause us to be afraid; instead, he caused us to have power to obey God, to love him and others, and to control ourselves. BSB BSB: For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
8 UDB Do not be ashamed when you tell others about our Lord Jesus. And do not be ashamed of me because I am in prison for putting my trust in Jesus. But you also should be willing to suffer hardship with me. And so we are telling the good news to many people, even while we are suffering together. We are enduring this suffering because God gives us the strength we need. 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 UDB God saved us and called us to be his own people. He did not save us because of any good works we did. No, God planned to save us and he is kind to us! God did all of this through the life and work of Christ Jesus, a plan that God had made long before the beginning 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 UDB Now everyone can see that God can save them because our Savior Christ Jesus came and destroyed death and showed everyone the good news, the truth that he causes people to live forever. 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 UDB It was for this reason that God decided to send me to be an apostle, preacher, and teacher. BSB BSB: to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
12 UDB In these tasks I suffer, but I am not ashamed, because I know and have trusted Jesus Christ, and I am convinced that he is able to protect my faith in him until the final 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 UDB As you trust in Jesus Christ and love him, follow the meaning of true words that you heard from me. 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 UDB God is relying on you, that you will preach the good message that he gave to you. Protect that message by relying on the Holy Spirit, who lives in us. BSB BSB: Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
15 UDB You know that almost all the believers in Asia have stopped being friends with me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. BSB BSB: You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16 UDB But I pray that the Lord will be kind to the family of Onesiphorus. Often he helped me, and he was not ashamed that I was in prison. 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 UDB On the contrary, when he came here to Rome, he kept searching for me until he found me. BSB BSB: Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.
18 UDB May the Lord be kind to Onesiphorus on the final day. You know all the ways that he helped me in 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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