1:3 I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, 1 when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day. 2 1:4 As I remember your tears, I long to see you, 3 so that I may be filled with joy. 1:5 I recall 4 your sincere faith 5 that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure 6 is in you.
1:6 Because of this I remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess 7 through the laying on of my hands. 1:7 For God did not give us a Spirit 8 of fear but of power and love and self-control. 1:8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord 9 or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by 10 God’s power accept your share of suffering 11 for the gospel. 1:9 He is the one who saved us 12 and called us with a holy calling, not based on 13 our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 14 1:10 but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He 15 has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel! 1:11 For this gospel 16 I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher. 17 1:12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. 18 But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set 19 and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me 20 until that day. 21