---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: 2 Timothy from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 1
verse_count: 18
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), 2 Timothy, chap. 1, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# 2 Timothy 1

*PauVs love to Timothy He is exhorted to persist in the form and truth of that doctrine which he had learned.*

**1** Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
**2** To Timothy, my dearly beloved son; Grace, and mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
**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** Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on 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.
**8** Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
**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 us in Christ Jesus before the world began;
**10** But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel;
**11** Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
**12** For the 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 unto him against that day.
**13** Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
**14** That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
**15** This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
**16** The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft 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 unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day; and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.