3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
6 For which cause I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the imposition of my hands.
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in ChristJesus before the world began;
12 For which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.
13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in ChristJesus.
14 That good thing which was committed to thee keep by the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.
15 This thou knowest, that all they who are in Asia are turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16 The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
18 The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.