2 Timothy 1:9-18
1:9 He 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,
1:10 but 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!
1:11 For this gospel
I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.
1:12 Because 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.
1:13 Hold to the standard
of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
1:14 Protect that good thing
entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.
1:15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
1:16 May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.
1:17 But when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me.
1:18 May 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.