to Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

to Timothy, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,

For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Only be strong and very courageous, that you may take heed to do according to all the Law which Moses My servant has commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.

Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says Jehovah. And be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, and work, says Jehovah. For I am with you, says Jehovah of Hosts.

Watch, stand fast in the faith, be like men, be strong.

And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather exult in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell upon me.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

I have strength for all things in Christ who strengthens me.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.