2 Timothy 1

Paul, an apostle of 'Isa al-Masih through the will of Allah, according to the promise of the life which is in al-Masih 'Isa, ²to Timothy, my beloved child: As-Salam-u Alaikum Wa Rahmat-Allah-i Wa Barakat-uh[1] from Allah the Father and al-Masih 'Isa our Lord.

³I thank Allah, whom I worship as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. Without fail, I remember you in my prayers, night and day ⁴longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy; ⁵having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, is in you also.

⁶For this reason, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of Allah which is in you through the laying on of my hands. ⁷For Allah did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. ⁸Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Injil according to the power of Allah, 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 al-Masih 'Isa before times eternal.¹⁰This has now been revealed by the appearing of our Saviour, al-Masih 'Isa, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Injil. ¹¹For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the nations. ¹²For this reason 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.

¹³Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in al-Masih 'Isa. ¹⁴That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

¹⁵This you know, that all who are in Asia have turned away from me; including Phygelus and Hermogenes. ¹⁶May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains, ¹⁷but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me 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.