Paul’s Greeting to Timothy
(1 Timothy 1:1–2)
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus, Heb 9:15Jhn 17:32Co 1:1Jhn 10:281Jn 5:11-13Eph 3:6Jhn 6:40Tit 1:2
To Timothy, my beloved child: 2Ti 2:11Ti 1:2Act 16:1Php 4:1Rom 1:7Rom 12:19
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Faithfulness under Persecution
(Matthew 10:16–25)
I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers. Rom 1:8-9Heb 13:8Act 23:1Act 24:14Act 22:31Ti 1:191Ti 1:5Act 24:16 Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. 2Ti 4:91Th 2:172Ti 4:21Php 1:81Jn 1:4Act 20:19Act 20:31Act 20:37-38
I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well. 1Ti 1:5Act 16:12Ti 3:151Ti 4:62Co 6:62Ti 1:12Rom 15:14Heb 6:9
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 1Ti 4:141Pe 4:10-11Rom 12:6-81Th 5:192Pe 3:12Ti 4:22Pe 1:12Mat 25:15-30 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, 1 but of power, love, and self-control. Rom 8:151Jn 4:18Jhn 14:27Gal 5:22Luk 10:19Act 1:8Zec 4:6Pro 2:7
So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God. Rom 1:16Mrk 8:381Pe 4:13-152Ti 4:52Ti 1:12Rev 12:112Ti 2:9Eph 3:1 He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began. 2 Eph 2:8-9Tit 3:4-5Eph 1:3-4Rom 11:5-6Rom 16:251Pe 2:20-21Tit 1:22Th 2:13-14 And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel, 1Jn 1:2Rom 16:262Pe 3:18Tit 2:111Co 15:26Heb 2:14-15Rom 2:71Pe 1:20-21 to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher. 1Ti 2:7Eph 3:7-8Act 9:151Ti 1:7
For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him 3for that day. Jud 1:241Pe 4:192Ti 1:82Ti 4:8Heb 7:251Ti 6:20Nam 1:7Mat 24:36
Holding to Sound Teaching
Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching 4you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Tit 1:92Ti 3:14Php 4:9Rom 6:172Ti 2:2Rev 3:11Rev 3:31Ti 1:14 Guard the treasure entrusted to you, 5 with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. Jhn 14:17Rom 8:131Ti 6:201Co 3:162Ti 1:12Rom 8:91Pe 1:221Th 5:19
You know that everyone in the Province of Asia 6has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. 2Ti 4:16Php 2:212Ti 4:10-11Act 19:101Co 16:19Act 16:6Act 19:27Act 19:31
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains. 2Ti 4:19Phm 1:20Act 28:20Eph 6:20Heb 10:34Phm 1:71Co 16:182Co 9:12-14 Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me. Act 28:30-31
May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus. Heb 6:102Ti 1:121Ti 1:31Co 16:81Ki 17:201Pe 1:101Th 2:192Co 9:1