1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
2 to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day,
4 longing to see you as I remember your tears, so that I may be filled with joy,
5 remembering the sincere faith in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that is in you also,
6 for which reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.
7 For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.