WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.180 The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy. 00:04.240 --> 00:10.860 Chapter 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the 00:10.860 --> 00:13.220 promise of life which is in Christ Jesus. 00:14.240 --> 00:20.040 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son, grace, mercy, and peace from God the 00:20.040 --> 00:22.460 Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 00:23.520 --> 00:28.780 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers, with pure conscience, 00:29.240 --> 00:33.980 that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day, 00:34.960 --> 00:40.040 greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled 00:40.040 --> 00:40.680 with joy. 00:41.400 --> 00:46.460 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first 00:46.460 --> 00:51.720 in thy grandmother Lois and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee 00:51.720 --> 00:52.180 also. 00:53.140 --> 00:58.760 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God which is in 00:58.760 --> 01:00.940 thee by the putting on of my hands. 01:01.980 --> 01:07.580 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, 01:07.900 --> 01:09.460 and of a sound mind. 01:10.580 --> 01:15.420 Be not thou before ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his 01:15.420 --> 01:20.500 prisoner, but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the 01:20.500 --> 01:26.000 power of God, who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, 01:26.420 --> 01:31.680 not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was 01:31.680 --> 01:38.340 given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, but is now made manifest by the 01:38.340 --> 01:43.820 appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought 01:43.820 --> 01:49.440 life and immortality to light through the gospel, whereunto I am appointed a 01:49.440 --> 01:55.020 preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles, for the which cause I also 01:55.020 --> 01:56.040 suffer these things. 01:56.780 --> 02:01.700 Nevertheless, I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, 02:02.420 --> 02:06.720 and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him 02:06.720 --> 02:07.940 against that day. 02:08.980 --> 02:14.900 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me in faith and 02:14.900 --> 02:20.000 love, which is in Christ Jesus, that good thing which was committed unto 02:20.000 --> 02:23.320 thee, keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. 02:24.000 --> 02:28.160 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me, 02:28.520 --> 02:30.800 of whom are figelis and homogenes. 02:31.200 --> 02:36.160 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus, for he oft refreshed me, 02:36.580 --> 02:38.340 and was not ashamed of my chain. 02:39.000 --> 02:43.680 But when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. 02:43.680 --> 02:49.120 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day. 02:49.520 --> 02:54.140 And in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.