1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, in the hope of the life which is in Christ Jesus,2 To Timothy, my well-loved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.3 I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day4 Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;5 Having in mind your true faith, which first was in your mother's mother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and, I am certain, is now in you.6 For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.8 Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;9 Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,10 But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,11 Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;12 And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.13 Keep the form of those true words which you had from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.14 That good thing which was given to you keep safe, through the Holy Spirit which is in us.15 You have had news that all those in Asia went away from me; among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes:16 May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;17 But when he was in Rome, he went in search of me everywhere, and came to me18 (May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.

1 Paulus Apostolus Jesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, secundum promissionem vit, qu est in Christo Jesu, 2 Timotheo carissimo filio : gratia, misericordia, pax a Deo Patre, et Christo Jesu Domino nostro.3 Gratias ago Deo, cui servio a progenitoribus in conscientia pura, quod sine intermissione habeam tui memoriam in orationibus meis, nocte ac die 4 desiderans te videre, memor lacrimarum tuarum, ut gaudio implear, 5 recordationem accipiens ejus fidei, qu est in te non ficta, qu et habitavit primum in avia tua Loide, et matre tua Eunice, certus sum autem quod et in te.6 Propter quam causam admoneo te ut resuscites gratiam Dei, qu est in te per impositionem manuum mearum. 7 Non enim dedit nobis Deus spiritum timoris : sed virtutis, et dilectionis, et sobrietatis. 8 Noli itaque erubescere testimonium Domini nostri, neque me vinctum ejus : sed collabora Evangelio secundum virtutem Dei : 9 qui nos liberavit, et vocavit vocatione sua sancta, non secundum opera nostra, sed secundum propositum suum, et gratiam, qu data est nobis in Christo Jesu ante tempora scularia. 10 Manifestata est autem nunc per illuminationem Salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi, qui destruxit quidem mortem, illuminavit autem vitam, et incorruptionem per Evangelium : 11 in quo positus sum ego prdicator, et Apostolus, et magister gentium. 12 Ob quam causam etiam hc patior, sed non confundor. Scio enim cui credidi, et certus sum quia potens est depositum meum servare in illum diem. 13 Formam habe sanorum verborum, qu a me audisti in fide, et in dilectione in Christo Jesu. 14 Bonum depositum custodi per Spiritum Sanctum, qui habitat in nobis. 15 Scis hoc, quod aversi sunt a me omnes, qui in Asia sunt, ex quibus est Phigellus, et Hermogenes. 16 Det misericordiam Dominus Onesiphori domui : quia spe me refrigeravit, et catenam meam non erubuit : 17 sed cum Romam venisset, sollicite me qusivit, et invenit. 18 Det illi Dominus invenire misericordiam a Domino in illa die. Et quanta Ephesi ministravit mihi, tu melius nosti.