Paul’s Greeting to Timothy
(1 Timothy 1:1–2)

1Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God, according to the promise of lyfe, which is in Christ Iesus,

2To Timothie a beloued sonne: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the father, and Christe Iesus our Lorde.

Faithfulness under Persecution
(Matthew 10:16–25)

3I thanke God whom I worshippe from my forefathers in pure conscience, that without ceassyng I haue remembrauce of thee in my prayers night & day 4Desiryng to see thee, myndefull of thy teares: that I may be fylled with ioy. 5When I call to remembraunce the vnfaigned fayth that is in thee, whiche dwelt first in thy graundmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunica: and I am assured that it dwelleth in thee also.

6Wherfore I put thee in remebraunce that thou stirre vp the gyft of God, which is in thee by the puttyng on of my handes. 7For God hath not geuen to vs the spirite of feare: but of power, and of loue, and of a sounde mynde.

8Be not thou therfore ashamed of the testimonie of our Lorde, neither of me his prisoner: but suffer thou aduersitie with the Gospell, accordyng to the power of God, 9Who hath saued vs, & called vs with an holy callyng, not accordyng to our workes: but accordyng to his owne purpose and grace, which was geuen vs in Christe Iesus, before the world began: 10But is nowe made manifest by the appearyng of our sauiour Iesus Christ, who hath put away death, and hath brought life and immortalitie vnto light through the Gospell: 11Wherunto I am appoynted, a preacher and Apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles: 12For the which cause I also suffer these thynges. Neuerthelesse, I am not ashamed: For I knowe whom I haue beleued, and I am perswaded that he is able to kepe that which I haue committed to hym, agaynst that day.

Holding to Sound Teaching

13See thou haue the paterne of wholesome wordes, which thou hast hearde of me in fayth & loue, that is in Christe Iesus. 14That good thyng which was committed to thy keping, holde fast through the holy ghost which dwelleth in vs.

15This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia, be turned from me: of who are Phygellus & Hermogenes. 16The Lorde geue mercie vnto ye house of Onesiphorus, for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chayne. 17But whe he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and founde me. 18The Lorde graunt vnto hym, that he may fynde mercie with the Lorde in that day: And in howe many thynges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.