2 Timothy · Chapter 1

[ edit] Poul, apoſtle of Jheſu Criſt, bi þe wille of God, vp þe biheeſte of lyf þat is in Criſt Jheſu, to Tymoþe, his mooſte dereworþe ſone, grace, mercy, and pees of God oure fadir, and Jheſu Criſt, oure Lord. I do þankyngis to my God, to whom I ſerue fro my progenitours in clene conſcience, for wiþouten ceeſſyng I haue mynde of þee in my preieris, nyȝt and day, deſyringe for to ſe þee; I myndeful of þi teeris, þat I be wiþ ioye fulfillid; takinge recordinge, or mynde, of þat feiþ, þat is in þee not feyned, þe whiche and dwellide firſt in þin aunte Loyde, and in þi modir Ennyce. Soþli I am certeyn, þat and in þee.

For which cauſe I moneſte, þat þou reyſe aȝen þe grace of God, þat is in þee bi þe on puttinge of myne hondis. Soþli God ȝaf not to vs þe ſpirit of drede, but of vertu, and of loue, and ſobreneſſe. And ſo nyle þou ſchame þe witneſſing of oure Lord Jheſu, neþer me, þe boundyn of him; but trauele wiþ me in þe goſpel vp þe vertu of God; þat delyuerede vs, and clepide wiþ his hooli clepyng, not aftir oure workis, but vp his purpos and grace, þat is ȝouyn to vs in Criſt Jheſu bifore worldli tymes; now forſoþ it is opyn bi þe liȝtnyng of oure ſauyour Jheſu Criſt, þe which ſoþli diſtruyede deeþ, forſoþe liȝtnede lyf and vncorupcioun bi þe goſpel.

In þe which I am ſett a prechour and apoſtle, and maiſtir of heþen men. For which cauſe alſo I ſuffre þes þingis; but I am not confoundid. Forſoþ I woot to whom I haue bileuyd, and I am certeyn for he is myȝti for to kepe my depooſt, or þing putt in keping, into þat day. Haue þou þe foorme of hool wordis, þe whiche þou herdiſt of me in feiþ and loue in Criſt Jheſu. Kepe þou a good depooſt, or a þing takyn to þi keping, bi þe Hooly Goſt, þat dwelliþ in vs. Soþli þou wooſt, þat alle þat ben in Aſye ben turned fro me, of whiche is Figelus and Ermogenes. Þe Lord ȝyue mercy to þe hous of Onozepherus, for ofte he refreiſchide me, and ſchamyde not my chayne.

But whanne he cam to Rome, he ſouȝte me biſyli, and fond. Þe Lord ȝyue to him for to fynde mercy of God in þat day. And how grete þingis he myniſtride to me at Ephecy, þou haſt betere knowe.