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1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
2. To Timothy, a beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace
from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did,
as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,
4. greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears,
that I may be filled with joy,
5. when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you,
which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice,
and I am persuaded is in you also.
6. Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God
which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
7. For God has not given us a spirit of fear,
but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
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