2 Timothy 1

1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,Cross-references: John 5:24 · John 5:39 · John 6:40 · John 6:54 · John 10:28 · John 17:3 · +13 more

2to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.Cross-references: Acts 16:1 · Rom 1:7 · Rom 12:19 · Phil 4:1 · 1Tim 1:2 · 2Tim 2:1

3I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and dayCross-references: Luke 2:37 · Acts 22:3 · Acts 23:1 · Acts 24:14 · Acts 24:16 · Acts 26:4 · +13 more

4longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;Cross-references: Ps 126:5 · Isa 61:3 · Jer 31:13 · John 16:22 · John 16:24 · Acts 20:19 · +12 more

5having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, in you also.Cross-references: Ps 17:1 · Ps 18:44 · Ps 22:10 · Ps 66:3 · Ps 77:6 · Ps 81:15 · +19 more

6For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.Cross-references: Ex 35:26 · Ex 36:2 · Isa 43:26 · Matt 25:15 · Luke 19:13 · Acts 8:17 · +12 more

7For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.Cross-references: Ps 119:80 · Prov 2:7 · Prov 8:14 · Mic 3:8 · Zech 4:6 · Luke 8:35 · +21 moreExamined: Quran & the Bible →

8Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,Cross-references: Ps 19:7 · Ps 119:46 · Isa 8:20 · Isa 51:7 · Mark 8:38 · Luke 9:26 · +40 more

9who saved us and 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 times eternal,Cross-references: Deut 7:7 · Isa 14:26 · Matt 1:21 · Matt 11:25 · Luke 10:21 · John 6:37 · +31 more

10but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.Cross-references: Isa 25:7 · Isa 43:3 · Isa 45:15 · Isa 45:21 · Isa 60:2 · Hos 13:14 · +49 more

11For this I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.Cross-references: Acts 9:15 · Eph 3:7 · 1Tim 1:7 · 1Tim 2:7

12For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.Cross-references: Ps 9:10 · Ps 25:2 · Ps 31:5 · Ps 56:9 · Isa 12:2 · Isa 50:7 · +48 more

13Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.Cross-references: Prov 3:18 · Prov 3:21 · Prov 4:4 · Prov 4:13 · Prov 8:14 · Prov 23:23 · +22 more

14That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.Cross-references: Luke 16:11 · John 14:17 · Rom 3:2 · Rom 8:9 · Rom 8:11 · Rom 8:13 · +15 more

15This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.Cross-references: Acts 16:6 · Acts 19:10 · Acts 19:27 · Acts 19:31 · Acts 20:16 · 1Cor 16:19 · +3 more

16May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,Cross-references: Neh 5:19 · Neh 13:14 · Neh 13:22 · Neh 13:31 · Ps 18:25 · Ps 37:26 · +14 more

17but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently and found meCross-references: Acts 28:30

18(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.Cross-references: 1Ki 17:20 · Ps 130:3 · Matt 25:34 · Luke 1:72 · Luke 1:78 · Luke 8:3 · +14 more