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1 Paul, sent as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, in furtherance of that promise of life which is given us in Christ Jesus, 2 to Timothy, his well beloved son; Grace and mercy and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 It is with gratitude to that God, whom I worship with a clear conscience in the way my fathers taught me, that I make mention of thee continually, day and night, in my prayer. 4 I keep the memory of thy tears, and long to see thee again, so as to have my fill of joy 5 when I receive fresh proof of thy sincere faith. That faith dwelt in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, before thee; I am fully persuaded that it dwells in thee too. 6 That is why I would remind thee to fan the flame of that special grace which God kindled in thee, when my hands were laid upon thee. 7 The spirit he has bestowed on us is not one that shrinks from danger; it is a spirit of action, of love, and of discipline. 8 Do not blush, then, for the witness thou bearest to our Lord, or for me, who am his prisoner; share all the tribulations of the gospel message as God gives thee strength. 9 Has he not saved us, and called us to a vocation of holiness? It was not because of anything we had done; we owe it to his own design, to the grace lavished on us, long ages ago, in Christ Jesus. 10 Now it has come to light, since our Saviour Jesus Christ came to enlighten us; now he has annulled death, now he has shed abroad the rays of life and immortality, through that gospel 11 which I have been appointed to herald, as an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles. 12 This is what I have to suffer as the result; but I am not put to the blush. He, to whom I have given my confidence, is no stranger to me, and I am fully persuaded that he has the means to keep my pledge safe, until that day comes.[1] | 1 Paulus Apostolus Jesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, secundum promissionem vitæ, quæ est in Christo Jesu, 2 Timotheo carissimo filio: gratia, misericordia, pax a Deo Patre, et Christo Jesu Domino nostro. 3 Gratias ago Deo, cui servio a progenitoribus in conscientia pura, quod sine intermissione habeam tui memoriam in orationibus meis, nocte ac die 4 desiderans te videre, memor lacrimarum tuarum, ut gaudio implear, 5 recordationem accipiens ejus fidei, quæ est in te non ficta, quæ et habitavit primum in avia tua Loide, et matre tua Eunice, certus sum autem quod et in te. 6 Propter quam causam admoneo te ut resuscites gratiam Dei, quæ est in te per impositionem manuum mearum. 7 Non enim dedit nobis Deus spiritum timoris: sed virtutis, et dilectionis, et sobrietatis. 8 Noli itaque erubescere testimonium Domini nostri, neque me vinctum ejus: sed collabora Evangelio secundum virtutem Dei: 9 qui nos liberavit, et vocavit vocatione sua sancta, non secundum opera nostra, sed secundum propositum suum, et gratiam, quæ data est nobis in Christo Jesu ante tempora sæcularia. 10 Manifestata est autem nunc per illuminationem Salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi, qui destruxit quidem mortem, illuminavit autem vitam, et incorruptionem per Evangelium: 11 in quo positus sum ego prædicator, et Apostolus, et magister gentium. 12 Ob quam causam etiam hæc patior, sed non confundor. Scio enim cui credidi, et certus sum quia potens est depositum meum servare in illum diem. |
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13 With all the faith and love thou hast in Christ Jesus, keep to the pattern of sound doctrine thou hast learned from my lips. 14 By the power of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, be true to thy high trust. 15 In Asia, as thou knowest, all have treated me coldly, Phigellus and Hermogenes among them.[2] 16 May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus;[3] often enough he revived my spirits. Instead of being ashamed of a prisoner’s acquaintance, 17 he sought me out when he was in Rome, and succeeded in finding me. 18 The Lord grant that he may find mercy with his Lord when that day comes; what he did for me in Ephesus I have no need to tell thee. | 13 Formam habe sanorum verborum, quæ a me audisti in fide, et in dilectione in Christo Jesu. 14 Bonum depositum custodi per Spiritum Sanctum, qui habitat in nobis. 15 Scis hoc, quod aversi sunt a me omnes, qui in Asia sunt, ex quibus est Phigellus, et Hermogenes. 16 Det misericordiam Dominus Onesiphori domui: quia sæpe me refrigeravit, et catenam meam non erubuit: 17 sed cum Romam venisset, sollicite me quæsivit, et invenit. 18 Det illi Dominus invenire misericordiam a Domino in illa die. Et quanta Ephesi ministravit mihi, tu melius nosti. |
[1] ‘He, to whom I have given my confidence … has the means to keep my pledge safe’. The metaphor is probably that of a friend to whom we entrust something of value to keep for us during absence. But some think that ‘my pledge’ means ‘the pledge God has entrusted to me’, not ‘the pledge I have entrusted to God’; in that case, we should have to translate ‘he, in whom I have learned to believe’.
[2] We cannot tell what was the exact complaint St Paul had against his acquaintances in Asia; perhaps they might have been expected to make representations at Rome to secure his release.
[3] Onesiphorus had probably died since; greetings are sent to his household, but not to himself, in 4.19 below.
Knox Translation Copyright © 2013 Westminster Diocese
Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
Re-typeset and published in 2012 by Baronius Press Ltd
