| NET Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to further the promise of life in Christ Jesus, | 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus, |
| 2to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord! | 2To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. |
| 3I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day. | 3I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers. |
| 4As I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. | 4Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. |
| 5I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you. | 5I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well. |
| 6Because of this I remind you to rekindle God's gift that you possess through the laying on of my hands. | 6For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. |
| 7For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control. | 7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. |
| 8So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God's power accept your share of suffering for the gospel. | 8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God. |
| 9He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, | 9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began. |
| 10but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel! | 10And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel, |
| 11For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher. | 11to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher. |
| 12Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day. | 12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day. |
| 13Hold to the standard of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. | 13Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. |
| 14Protect that good thing entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us. | 14Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. |
| 15You know that everyone in the province of Asia deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. | 15You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. |
| 16May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment. | 16May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains. |
| 17But when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me. | 17Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me. |
| 18May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus. | 18May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus. |
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