2. to Timotheus, my beloved child: grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. I am thankful to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day,
4. earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
5. calling to mind the unfeigned faith which has been in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also.