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2 Timothy 1

Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (1749–1752), the traditional Catholic English Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. If you read a modern Bible, this is the same Scripture in older English; some names are spelled differently (Cesarea for Caesarea, Apocalypse for Revelation). About this translation

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, mercy and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 I give thanks to God, whom I serve from my forefathers, with a pure conscience, that without ceasing I have a remembrance of thee in my prayers, night and day.

4 Desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy:

5 Calling to mind that faith which is in thee unfeigned, which also dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and in thy mother Eunice, and I am certain that in thee also. CCC

6 For which cause I admonish thee that thou stir up the grace of God which is in thee by the imposition of my hands. CCC

7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear: but of power and of love and of sobriety. CCC

8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but labour with the gospel, according to the power of God. CCC

9 Who hath delivered us and called us by his holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the times of the world: CCC

10 But is now made manifest by the illumination of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath destroyed death and hath brought to light life and incorruption by the gospel. CCC

11 Wherein I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and teacher of the Gentiles.

12 For which cause, I also suffer these things: but I am not ashamed. For I know whom I have believed and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him, against that day. CCC

13 Hold the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me: in faith and in the love which is in Christ Jesus. CCC

14 Keep the good thing committed to thy trust by the Holy Ghost who dwelleth in us. CCC

15 Thou knowest this, that all they who are in Asia are turned away from me: of whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes.

16 The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: because he hath often refreshed me and hath not been ashamed of my chain:

17 But when he was come to Rome, he carefully sought me and found me.

18 The Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in that day. And in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou very well knowest.

This chapter in the Catechism

Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text.

  1. Verse 5CCC 2220
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    • CCC 2220 “For Christians a special gratitude is due to those from whom they have received the gift of faith, the grace of Baptism,…”
  2. Verse 6CCC 1556 CCC 1577
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    • CCC 1556 “To fulfil their exalted mission, "the apostles were endowed by Christ with a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit coming upon them,…”
    • CCC 1577 “Only a baptized man (vir) validly receives sacred ordination." The Lord Jesus chose men (viri) to form the college of the twelve…”
  3. Verse 7CCC 1556
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    • CCC 1556 “To fulfil their exalted mission, "the apostles were endowed by Christ with a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit coming upon them,…”
  4. Verse 8CCC 2471
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    • CCC 2471 “Before Pilate, Christ proclaims that he "has come into the world, to bear witness to the truth." The Christian is not to…”
  5. Verse 9CCC 257 CCC 1021
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    • CCC 257 “O blessed light, O Trinity and first Unity!" God is eternal blessedness, undying life, unfading light. God is love: Father, Son and…”
    • CCC 1021 “Death puts an end to human life as the time open to either accepting or rejecting the divine grace manifested in Christ.…”
  6. Verse 10CCC 257 CCC 1021
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    • CCC 257 “O blessed light, O Trinity and first Unity!" God is eternal blessedness, undying life, unfading light. God is love: Father, Son and…”
    • CCC 1021 “Death puts an end to human life as the time open to either accepting or rejecting the divine grace manifested in Christ.…”
  7. Verse 12CCC 84
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    • CCC 84 “The apostles entrusted the "Sacred deposit" of the faith (the depositum fidei), contained in Sacred Scripture and Tradition, to the whole of…”
  8. Verse 13CCC 857 CCC 84
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    • CCC 857 “The Church is apostolic because she is founded on the apostles, in three ways: - she was and remains built on "the…”
    • CCC 84 “The apostles entrusted the "Sacred deposit" of the faith (the depositum fidei), contained in Sacred Scripture and Tradition, to the whole of…”
  9. Verse 14CCC 857 CCC 1202 CCC 84
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    • CCC 857 “The Church is apostolic because she is founded on the apostles, in three ways: - she was and remains built on "the…”
    • CCC 1202 “The diverse liturgical traditions have arisen by very reason of the Church's mission. Churches of the same geographical and cultural area came…”
    • CCC 84 “The apostles entrusted the "Sacred deposit" of the faith (the depositum fidei), contained in Sacred Scripture and Tradition, to the whole of…”
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