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[1]PAULOS, an apostle of Jeshu Meshiha by the will of Aloha, and on account of the promise of life which is in Jeshu Meshiha,
[2]To Timotheos my beloved son: grace and mercies and peace from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
[3]I thank Aloha, whom I serve from my fathers with a pure conscience, that constantly I remember thee in my prayers of the night and of the day;
[4]And have longed to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy:
[5]In remembrance of thee [and] of thy true faith which dwelt first in the mother of thy mother Lois, and in thy mother Eunika, and which, I am persuaded, [is] in thee also.
[6]On account of this I put thee in mind to keep awake the gift of Aloha, which is in thee by the laying on of my hands.
[7]For Aloha hath not given to us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of discipline.ⓘ
[8]Wherefore be not thou ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but sustain evil with the gospel, through the power of Aloha,
[9]Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his will, and that grace of his which was given to us in Jeshu Meshiha before the time of the worlds,
[10]And is now revealed by the revelation of our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha, who hath abolished death, and hath demonstrated life and incorruption, through the gospel,
[11]Of which I am appointed an herald and an apostle and a teacher of the nations:
[12]On account of which I suffer these, and am not ashamed. I know in whom I have believed, and am persuaded that there is power in his hands my deposite to keep for me unto that day.
[13]Let the outlineⓘ of sound words be with thee, which thou hast heard from me, with the faith and love which are in Jeshu Meshiha:
[14]That good deposite keep through the Spirit of Holiness who dwelleth in us.
[15]Know this, that all those of Asia are turned from me, of whom are Phygellos and Harmogenes.
[16]Our Lord give mercies to the house of Onesiphoros, who many times hath refreshed me, and of the chains of my bonds hath not been ashamed.
[17]But when also he came to Ruma, with diligence he sought me, and found me.
[18]Our Lord grant that he may find mercies with our Lord in that day: and how he ministered to me in Ephesos thou especially knowest.
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