1:1奉 神旨意、照著在基督耶穌裡生命的應許、作基督耶穌使徒的保羅、
1:2寫信給我親愛的兒子提摩太．願恩惠憐憫平安、從父 神和我們主基督耶穌、歸與你。
1:3我感謝 神、就是我接續祖先、用清潔的良心所事奉的 神、祈禱的時候、不住的想念你、
1:4記念你的眼淚、晝夜切切的想要見你、好叫我滿心快樂．
1:5想到你心裡無偽之信．這信是先在你外祖母羅以、和你母親友尼基心裡的．我深信也在你的心裡。
1:6為此我題醒你、使你將 神藉我按手所給你的恩賜、再如火挑旺起來。
1:7因為 神賜給我們、不是膽怯的心、乃是剛強、仁愛、謹守的心。
1:8你不要以給我們的主作見證為恥、也不要以我這為主被囚的為恥．總要按 神的能力、與我為福音同受苦難．
1:9 神救了我們、以聖召召我們、不是按我們的行為、乃是按他的旨意、和恩典．這恩典是萬古之先、在基督耶穌裡賜給我們的．
1:10但如今藉著我們救主基督耶穌的顯現、纔表明出來了。他已經把死廢去、藉著福音、將不能壞的生命彰顯出來。
1:11我為這福音奉派作傳道的、作使徒、作師傅。
1:12為這緣故、我也受這些苦難．然而我不以為恥．因為知道我所信的是誰、也深信他能保全我所交付他的、〔或作他所交託我的〕直到那日。
1:13你從我聽的那純正話語的規模、要用在基督耶穌裡的信心和愛心、常常守著。
1:14從前所交託你的善道、你要靠著那住在我們裡面的聖靈、牢牢的守著。
1:15凡在亞西亞的人都離棄我、這是你知道的．其中有腓吉路和黑摩其尼。
1:16願主憐憫阿尼色弗一家的人．因他屢次使我暢快、不以我的鎖鍊為恥．
1:17反倒在羅馬的時候、殷勤的找我、並且找著了。
1:18願主使他在那日得主的憐憫．他在以弗所怎樣多多的服事我、是你明明知道的。
1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
1:2 To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1:3 I thank God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.
1:4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.
1:5 I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.
1:6 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.
1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
1:8 So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God,
1:9 who has saved us and called us to a holy life--not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
1:10 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
1:11 And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.
1:12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.
1:13 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.
1:14 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you--guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
1:15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
1:16 May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
1:17 On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me.
1:18 May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.