\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 Timothy}
{\MT Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
an
Apostle
of
Jesus
Christ
by
the purpose
of
God,
in
the hope
of
the
life
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus,
\VS{2}To
Timothy,
my well-loved
child:
Grace,
mercy,
peace,
from
God
the
Father
and
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
\VS{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
day
\VS{4}Desiring
to
see
you, keeping
in
my memory
your weeping,
so
that
I
may be
full
of
joy;
\VS{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.
\VS{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.
\VS{7}For
God
did
not
give
us
a
spirit
of fear,
but
of
power
and
of
love
and
of
self-control.
\VS{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;
\VS{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,
\VS{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,
\VS{11}Of
which
I
was
made
a
preacher
and
an
Apostle
and
a
teacher;
\VS{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.
\VS{13}Keep
the form
of
those true
words
which
you
had
from
me,
in
faith
and
love
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{14}That
good
thing
which
was given
to
you
keep
safe,
through
the
Holy
Spirit
which
is
in
us.
\VS{15}You
have
had news
that
all
those
in
Asia went
away
from
me;
among
whom
are
Phygelus
and
Hermogenes:
\VS{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;
\VS{17}But
when
he
was
in
Rome,
he
went
in
search
of
me everywhere,
and
came
to
me
\VS{18}(May
he
have
the Lord's
mercy
in
that
day);
and
of
all
he
did
for
me
at
Ephesus
you
have full knowledge.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
then,
my
child,
be
strong
in
the
grace
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{2}And
the
things
which
I
have
said
to
you
before
a
number
of
witnesses,
give
to
those
of
the
faith,
so
that
they
may
be teachers
of
others.
\VS{3}Be ready
to do without
the comforts
of life,
as
one
of
the army
of
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{4}A fighting
man, when he
is
with
the army, keeps himself free
from
the business
of
this
life
so
that he
may be
pleasing
to
him
who
has taken
him into
his army.
\VS{5}And
if
a
man takes part
in
a competition
he does
not get
the crown
if
he
has
not
kept
the
rules.
\VS{6}It
is right
for
the worker
in
the fields
to
be
the
first
to
take
of
the
fruit.
\VS{7}Give
thought
to
what
I
say;
for
the
Lord
will
give
you wisdom
in
all
things.
\VS{8}Keep
in
mind
Jesus
Christ,
of
the
seed
of
David,
who came back
from
the
dead,
as
my
good
news gives witness:
\VS{9}In
which
I
put
up
with
the hardest conditions,
even prison
chains,
like
one
who
has done
a crime;
but
the
word
of
God
is
not
in
chains.
\VS{10}But
I undergo
all
things
for
the saints,
so
that
they
may
have
salvation
in
Christ
Jesus
with
eternal
glory.
\VS{11}This
is
a true
saying:
If
we undergo death
with
him,
then
will
we
be living
with
him:
\VS{12}If
we go
on
to
the end,
then
we
will
be ruling
with
him:
if
we
say
we
have
no knowledge
of
him,
then
he
will
say
he
has
no knowledge
of us:
\VS{13}If
we
are
without faith, still
he keeps faith,
for
he
will
never
be untrue
to
himself.
\VS{14}Put
these
things
before
them, giving
them orders
in
the name
of
the
Lord
to
keep themselves
from fighting
about
words,
which
is
of
no profit, only causing error
in
their
hearers.
\VS{15}Let it
be
your care
to get
the approval
of
God,
as
a
workman
who
has no cause
for shame, giving
the
true
word
in
the right way.
\VS{16}But take no part
in wrong
and foolish talk,
for
those
who do
so
will
go farther
into evil,
\VS{17}And
their
words
will
be
like poisoned wounds
in
the flesh:
such
are
Hymenaeus
and
Philetus;
\VS{18}Men whose ideas
are
all false,
who
say
that
the
coming back
from
the dead
has
even
now
taken
place, overturning
the
faith
of
some.
\VS{19}But God's
strong base
is unchanging,
having
this sign,
The
Lord
has knowledge
of
those
who
are
his:
and,
Let
everyone
by
whom
the
name
of
the
Lord
is
named
be turned
away
from
evil.
\VS{20}Now
in
a
great
house
there
are
not
only
vessels
of
gold
and
silver,
but
others
of
wood
and earth,
and
some
which
are honoured
and
some
without honour.
\VS{21}If
a
man makes
himself
clean
from
these,
he
will
be
a
vessel
for honour,
made
holy,
ready
for
the master's
use,
ready
for
every
good
work.
\VS{22}But keep yourself
from
those
desires
of
the flesh
which
are strong
when
the body
is young,
and go
after
righteousness,
faith,
love,
peace,
with
those whose prayers go up
to
the
Lord
from
a
clean
heart.
\VS{23}And put away
foolish
and uncontrolled questionings,
seeing
that
they
are
a cause
of trouble.
\VS{24}For
it
is
not right
for
the Lord's
servant
to
make trouble,
but
he
is
to
be
gentle
to
all, ready
in teaching, putting
up
with wrong,
\VS{25}Gently guiding
those
who go
against
the teaching;
if
by chance
God
may
give
them
a change
of heart
and
true
knowledge,
\VS{26}And
so
they
may get
themselves free
from
the net
of
the Evil
One, being made
the prisoners
of
the Lord's servant,
for
the
purpose
of
God.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
be certain
of
this,
that
in
the
last
days
times
of trouble
will
come.
\VS{2}For
men
will
be
lovers
of
self,
lovers
of
money, uplifted
in pride, given
to bitter words, going against
the authority
of
their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion,
\VS{3}Without natural love, bitter
haters, saying evil
of others, violent
and uncontrolled, hating all
good,
\VS{4}False
to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up
in mind, loving
pleasure
more
than
God;
\VS{5}Having
a
form
of religion,
but turning
their backs
on
the
power
of
it: go
not
with
these.
\VS{6}For
these
are
they
who
go secretly
into
houses,
making prisoners
of foolish
women, weighted
down
with
sin, turned
from
the
way
by
their evil
desires,
\VS{7}Ever
learning,
and
never
coming
to
the
knowledge
of
what
is
true.
\VS{8}And
as James
and
Jambres went
against
Moses,
so
do
these go
against
what
is
true:
men
of evil
minds,
who, tested
by
faith,
are seen
to
be false.
\VS{9}But
they
will
go
no farther:
for
their foolish behaviour
will
be clear
to
all
men,
as
theirs
was
in
the end.
\VS{10}But
you took
as
your example
my
teaching, behaviour,
purpose,
and
faith;
my long waiting,
my
love,
my quiet undergoing
of trouble;
\VS{11}My punishments
and pain;
the
things
which
came
to
me
at
Antioch,
at
Iconium,
at
Lystra;
the cruel attacks
made
on
me:
and
the
Lord
made
me
free
from
them
all.
\VS{12}Yes,
and
all whose purpose
is
to
be
living
in
the knowledge
of God
in
Christ
Jesus,
will
be cruelly attacked.
\VS{13}Evil
and false
men
will become
worse
and
worse, using deceit
and themselves overcome
by deceit.
\VS{14}But
see
that
you keep
to
the teaching
you
have
been given
and
the
things
of
which
you
are certain, conscious
of
who
has
been
your teacher;
\VS{15}And
that
from
the time
when
you
were
a child,
you
have
had knowledge
of
the holy
Writings,
which
are
able
to make
you wise
to
salvation,
through
faith
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{16}Every holy Writing
which
comes
from
God
is
of
profit
for
teaching,
for
training,
for guiding,
for education
in
righteousness:
\VS{17}So
that
the
man
of
God
may
be
complete, trained
and made ready
for
every
good
work.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I give
you orders,
before
God
and
Christ
Jesus,
who
will
be
the
judge
of
the
living
and
the
dead,
and
by
his revelation
and
his
kingdom;
\VS{2}Be
preaching
the
word
at
all times,
in
every
place; make protests,
say sharp
words, give
comfort,
with long waiting
and
teaching;
\VS{3}For
the
time
will
come
when
they
will
not take
the true
teaching;
but, moved
by
their
desires,
they
will get
for
themselves
a
great
number
of
teachers
for
the pleasure
of
hearing
them;
\VS{4}And shutting
their
ears
to
what
is
true,
will
be
turned
away
to belief
in foolish stories.
\VS{5}But
be self-controlled
in
all
things,
do without comfort, go
on preaching
the good news, completing
the
work
which
has been given
you
to
do.
\VS{6}For
I
am
even
now
being offered,
and
my end
is
near.
\VS{7}I
have made a
good
fight,
I
have come
to
the end
of
my journey,
I
have
kept
the
faith:
\VS{8}From
now
on,
the
crown
of
righteousness
is
made ready
for
me,
which
the
Lord,
the
upright
judge,
Will
give
to
me
at
that
day:
and
not
only
to
me,
but
to
all
those
who
have
had
love
for
his revelation.
\VS{9}Do your best
to
come
to
me
before long:
\VS{10}For
Demas
has
gone
away
from
me,
for
love
of
this
present life,
and
has
gone
to
Thessalonica:
Crescens
has
gone
to
Galatia,
Titus
to
Dalmatia.
\VS{11}Only
Luke
is
with
me.
Get
Mark
and
take
him
with
you;
for
he
is
of use
to
me
in
the work.
\VS{12}Tychicus
I
sent
to
Ephesus.
\VS{13}The coat
which
I
did
not
take
from
Troas
and
which
is
with
Carpus, get
when
you
come,
and
the
books, specially
the papers.
\VS{14}Alexander
the copper-worker
did
me
much
wrong:
the
Lord
will
give
him
the
reward
of
his
works:
\VS{15}But
be
on
the watch
for
him,
for
he
was violent
in
his attacks
on
our
teaching.
\VS{16}At
my
first meeting
with
my judges,
no
one took
my
part,
but
all went away
from
me.
May
it
not
be put
to
their
account.
\VS{17}But
the
Lord
was
by
my side
and gave
me
strength;
so
that
through
me
the news
might
be given
out
in
full measure,
and
all
the
Gentiles
might
give ear:
and
I
was taken
out
of
the
mouth
of
the
lion.
\VS{18}The
Lord
will keep
me safe
from
every
evil
work
and
will give
me
salvation
in
his
kingdom
in
heaven:
to
whom
be
glory
for
ever
and
ever.
So
be
it.
\VS{19}Give
my love
to
Prisca
and
Aquila
and
those
of
the
house
of
Onesiphorus.
\VS{20}Erastus was stopping
at
Corinth;
but
Trophimus,
when
I last saw
him was
at
Miletus,
ill.
\VS{21}Do
your best
to
come
before
the
winter.
Eubulus
sends
you
his love,
and
Pudens
and
Linus
and
Claudia,
and
all
the
brothers.
\VS{22}The
Lord
be
with
your
spirit.
Grace
be
with
you.
\par }