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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Timothy 1 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_timothy/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/2_timothy/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > 2 Timothy 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_timothy/6.htm" title="1 Timothy 6">◄</a> 2 Timothy 1 <a href="../2_timothy/2.htm" title="2 Timothy 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v55_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.1" class="v55_1_1">1</span>From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will, sent to proclaim the promised life which we have in union with Christ Jesus—</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v55_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.2" class="v55_1_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Tim.1.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> To Timothy, my dear son:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v55_1_2">May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.</span></p><h3 class="s">Thanksgiving and Encouragement</h3><p class="par"><span class="v55_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.3" class="v55_1_3">3</span>I give thanks to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did. I thank him as I remember you always in my prayers night and day. </span><span class="v55_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.4" class="v55_1_4">4</span>I remember your tears, and I want to see you very much, so that I may be filled with joy. </span><span class="v55_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.5" class="v55_1_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Tim.1.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I remember the sincere faith you have, the kind of faith that your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice also had. I am sure that you have it also. </span><span class="v55_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.6" class="v55_1_6">6</span>For this reason I remind you to keep alive the gift that God gave you when I laid my hands on you. </span><span class="v55_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.7" class="v55_1_7">7</span>For the Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid; instead, his Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-control.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v55_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.8" class="v55_1_8">8</span>Do not be ashamed, then, of witnessing for our Lord; neither be ashamed of me, a prisoner for Christ's sake. Instead, take your part in suffering for the Good News, as God gives you the strength for it. </span><span class="v55_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.9" class="v55_1_9">9</span>He saved us and called us to be his own people, not because of what we have done, but because of his own purpose and grace. He gave us this grace by means of Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, </span><span class="v55_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.10" class="v55_1_10">10</span>but now it has been revealed to us through the coming of our Savior, Christ Jesus. He has ended the power of death and through the gospel has revealed immortal life.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v55_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.11" class="v55_1_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Tim.1.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> God has appointed me as an apostle and teacher to proclaim the Good News, </span><span class="v55_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.12" class="v55_1_12">12</span>and it is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have trusted, and I am sure that he is able to keep safe until that Day what he has entrusted to me.<a href="#fn" id="link_2Tim.1.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v55_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.13" class="v55_1_13">13</span>Hold firmly to the true words that I taught you, as the example for you to follow, and remain in the faith and love that are ours in union with Christ Jesus. </span><span class="v55_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.14" class="v55_1_14">14</span>Through the power of the Holy Spirit, who lives in us, keep the good things that have been entrusted to you.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v55_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.15" class="v55_1_15">15</span>You know that everyone in the province of Asia, including Phygelus and Hermogenes, has deserted me. </span><span class="v55_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.16" class="v55_1_16">16</span>May the Lord show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he cheered me up many times. He was not ashamed that I am in prison, </span><span class="v55_1_17"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.17" class="v55_1_17">17</span>but as soon as he arrived in Rome, he started looking for me until he found me. </span><span class="v55_1_18"><span class="reftext" id="2Tim.1.18" class="v55_1_18">18</span>May the Lord grant him his mercy on that Day! And you know very well how much he did for me in Ephesus.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.12: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">what he has entrusted to me; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">what I have entrusted to him.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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