² To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

² To Timothy, my well-loved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁴ To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

¹ And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, whose mother was one of the Jews of the faith, but his father was a Greek;

² Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.

³ Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

¹⁴ I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.

¹⁵ For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

¹⁶ So my desire is that you take me as your example.

¹⁷ For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.

⁷ To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you.

²⁰ For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you.

²¹ For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.

²² But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.

² We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;

¹⁸ This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,

³ Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

² Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.

¹ So then, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.