{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/2-timothy/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:11:57.392Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"2 Timothy","bookSlug":"2-timothy","chapter":1,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":4,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, according to promise of life, the life which is in Christ Jesus,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"to Timotheus, my beloved child: grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I am thankful to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"calling to mind the unfeigned faith which has been in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For which cause I put thee in mind to rekindle the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but suffer evil along with the glad tidings, according to the power of God;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"but has been made manifest now by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has annulled death, and brought to light life and incorruptibility by the glad tidings;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle and teacher of the nations."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep for that day the deposit I have entrusted to him."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Have an outline of sound words, which words thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Keep, by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, the good deposit entrusted."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou knowest this, that all who are in Asia, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes, have turned away from me."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he has often refreshed me, and has not been ashamed of my chain;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"but being in Rome sought me out very diligently, and found me —"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that day and how much service he rendered in Ephesus thou knowest best."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Timothy 1 (DBT)","markdown":"[2 Timothy 1](https://primebible.com/dbt/2-timothy/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/2-timothy/1 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}