2 Timothy 1

1  PAUL, AN apostle (special messenger) of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,2  To Timothy, [my] beloved child: Grace (favor and spiritual blessing), mercy, and [heart] peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!3  I thank God Whom I worship with a pure conscience, in the spirit of my fathers, when without ceasing I remember you night and day in my prayers,4  And when, as I recall your tears, I yearn to see you so that I may be filled with joy.5  I am calling up memories of your sincere and unqualified faith (the leaning of your entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), [a faith] that first lived permanently in [the heart of] your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am [fully] persuaded, [dwells] in you also.6  That is why I would remind you to stir up (rekindle the embers of, fan the flame of, and keep burning) the [gracious] gift of God, [the inner fire] that is in you by means of the laying on of my hands [with those of the elders at your ordination].7  For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.8  Do not blush or be ashamed then, to testify to and for our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for His sake, but [with me] take your share of the suffering [to which the preaching] of the Gospel [may expose you, and do it] in the power of God.9  [For it is He] Who delivered and saved us and called us with a calling in itself holy and leading to holiness [to a life of consecration, a vocation of holiness]; [He did it] not because of anything of merit that we have done, but because of and to further His own purpose and grace (unmerited favor) which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began [eternal ages ago].10  [It is that purpose and grace] which He now has made known and has fully disclosed and made real [to us] through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, Who annulled death and made it of no effect and brought life and immortality (immunity from eternal death) to light through the Gospel.11  For [the proclaiming of] this [Gospel] I was appointed a herald (preacher) and an apostle (special messenger) and a teacher of the Gentiles. 12  And this is why I am suffering as I do. Still I am not ashamed, for I know (perceive, have knowledge of, and am acquainted with) Him Whom I have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on), and I am [positively] persuaded that He is able to guard and keep that which has been entrusted to me and which I have committed [to Him] until that day.13  Hold fast and follow the pattern of wholesome and sound teaching which you have heard from me, in [all] the faith and love which are [for us] in Christ Jesus.14  Guard and keep [with the greatest care] the precious and excellently adapted [Truth] which has been entrusted [to you], by the [help of the] Holy Spirit Who makes His home in us.15  You already know that all who are in Asia turned away and forsook me, Phygelus and Hermogenes among them.16  May the Lord grant [His] mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, for he often showed me kindness and ministered to my needs [comforting and reviving and bracing me like fresh air]! He was not ashamed of my chains and imprisonment [for Christ’s sake].17  No, rather when he reached Rome, he searched diligently and eagerly for me and found me.18  May the Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord on that [great] day! And you know how many things he did for me and what a help he was at Ephesus [you know better than I can tell you].

2. Timoteus 1

Hilsen

1 Paulus, som etter Guds vilje er Kristi Jesu apostel for å forkynne løftet om liv i Kristus Jesus,

2 hilser Timoteus, sin kjære sønn. Nåde, miskunn og fred fra Gud Fader og Kristus Jesus, vår Herre!t

Apostelen og hans disippel

5 Jeg glemmer ikke din oppriktige tro. Denne tro bodde i din mormor Lois, og i din mor Eunike, og jeg er viss på at den også bor i deg.t
6 Derfor vil jeg minne deg om dette: Tenn på ny den nådegave fra Gud som er i deg, den du har mottatt ved min håndspåleggelse! t 7 For Gud gav oss ikke en ånd som gjør motløs, men en Ånd som gir kraft, kjærlighet og sindighet. t 8 Skam deg da ikke over vitnesbyrdet om vår Herre! Skam deg heller ikke over meg som er fange for hans skyld, men lid også du vondt for evangeliet med den kraft Gud gir. t t 9 Han har frelst oss og kalt oss med et hellig kall, ikke på grunn av våre gjerninger, men etter sin egen vilje og nåde. Det er den nåde som er gitt oss i Kristus Jesus fra evighet av, t 10 og som nå er blitt åpenbart da vår frelser, Kristus Jesus, kom til jord. Han har tilintetgjort døden og ført liv og udødelighet fram i lyset ved evangeliet; t 11 det er jeg satt til herold, apostel og lærer for. t

12 Derfor er det jeg lider, men jeg skammer meg ikke, for jeg vet hvem jeg tror på. Jeg er viss på at han har makt til å ta vare på det som er overgitt meg, helt til dagen kommer.
13 Ha de sunne ord du har hørt av meg, som ditt forbilde, og stå fast i den tro og kjærlighet som vi har i Kristus Jesus. t

14 Ta vare på den gode skatten som er betrodd deg! Den Hellige Ånd, som bor i oss, skal hjelpe deg til det.t
15 Du kjenner til at alle fra Asia har vendt seg fra meg, også Fygelus og Hermogenes. t 16 Må Herren forbarme seg over familien til Onesiforos, for han har mange ganger gitt meg nytt mot, og han skammet seg ikke over mine lenker. t 17 Da han kom til Roma, lette han iherdig etter meg til han fant meg. 18 Må Herren la ham få barmhjertighet hos Herren på dommens dag! Den tjenesten han utførte i Efesos, kjenner du best til selv.t