Paul’s Greeting to Timothy (1 Timothy 1:1–2)
1 UEB Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of the life that 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 UEB to Timothy, beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and 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 UEB I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers, with a clean conscience, as I constantly remember 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 UEB As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. BSB BSB: Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.
5 UEB I have been reminded of your genuine faith, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that it lives in you also. 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 UEB This is the reason I am reminding you to rekindle the gift of God which is in you through the laying on 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 UEB For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and discipline. BSB BSB: For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
8 UEB So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me, Paul, his prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel according to the power 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 UEB It is God who saved us and called us with a holy calling. He did this, not according to our works, but according to his own plan and grace. He gave us these things in Christ Jesus before times ever began. 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 UEB But now God's salvation has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. It is Christ who put an end to death and brought life that never ends to light 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 UEB Because of this, I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher. BSB BSB: to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
12 UEB For this cause I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed. I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have entrusted to him until 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 UEB Keep the example of faithful messages that you heard from me, with the faith and love that are 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 UEB The good thing that God committed to you, guard it through 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 UEB You know this, that all who live in Asia turned away from me. In this group are Phygelus and Hermogenes. BSB BSB: You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16 UEB May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain. 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 UEB Instead, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and he found me. BSB BSB: Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.
18 UEB May the Lord grant to him to find mercy from him on that day. All the ways he helped me in Ephesus, you know very well. 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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