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^(C1)I thank God, whom I ^(C2)serve with a ^(C3)clear conscience ^(F1)the way my forefathers did, ^(C4)as I constantly remember you in my ^(F2)prayers night and day,

^(C1)longing to see you, ^(C2)even as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy.

^(F1)For I am mindful of the ^(C1)sincere faith within you, which first dwelled in your grandmother Lois and ^(C2)your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.

For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh ^(C1)the gift of God which is in you through ^(C1)the laying on of my hands.

For God has not given us a ^(C1)spirit of ^(F1)timidity, but of power and love and ^(F2)discipline.

Therefore ^(C1)do not be ashamed of the ^(C2)testimony of our Lord or of me ^(C3)His prisoner, but join with me in ^(C4)suffering for the ^(C5)gospel according to the power of God,

who ^(C1)saved us and ^(C2)called us with a holy ^(C3)calling, ^(C4)not according to our works, but according to His own ^(C2)purpose and grace, which was granted to us in ^(C5)Christ Jesus from ^(C6)all eternity,

but has ^(C1)now been revealed by the ^(C2)appearing of our Savior ^(C3)Christ Jesus, who ^(C4)abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

^(C1)for which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

For this reason I also suffer these things; but ^(C1)I am not ashamed, for I know ^(C2)whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to ^(C3)protect what I have entrusted to Him ^(F1)until ^(C4)that day.

^(C1)Hold on to the ^(C2)example of ^(C3)sound words ^(C4)which you have heard from me, in the ^(C5)faith and love which are in ^(C6)Christ Jesus.

Protect, through the Holy Spirit who ^(C1)dwells in us, the ^(F1)(C2)treasure which has been entrusted to you.

You are aware of the fact that all who are in ^(F1)(C1)Asia ^(C2)turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

The Lord grant mercy to ^(C1)the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and ^(C2)was not ashamed of my ^(F1)(C3)chains;

but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me—

the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on ^(C1)that day—and you know very well what services he rendered at ^(C2)Ephesus.