1:1 From Paul, ¹  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to further the promise ²  of life in Christ Jesus, 1:2 to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

1:3 I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, ³  when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day. ⁴  1:4 As I remember your tears, I long to see you, ⁵  so that I may be filled with joy. 1:5 I recall ⁶  your sincere faith ⁷  that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure ⁸  is in you.

1:6 Because of this I remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess ⁹  through the laying on of my hands. 1:7 For God did not give us a Spirit ¹⁰  of fear but of power and love and self-control. 1:8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord ¹¹  or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by ¹²  God’s power accept your share of suffering ¹³  for the gospel.

4:9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” ¹  And he replied, “I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?” ²  4:10 But the Lord said, “What have you done? ³  The voice ⁴  of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground! 4:11 So now, you are banished ⁵  from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 4:12 When you try to cultivate ⁶  the

ground it will no longer yield ⁷  its best ⁸  for you. You will be a homeless wanderer ⁹  on the earth.” 4:13 Then Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment ¹⁰  is too great to endure! ¹¹  4:14 Look! You are driving me off the land ¹²  today, and I must hide from your presence. ¹³  I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.” 4:15 But the Lord said to him, “All right then, ¹⁴  if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” ¹⁵  Then the Lord put a special mark ¹⁶  on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down. ¹⁷  4:16 So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, ¹⁸  east of Eden.

4:17 Cain had marital relations ¹⁹  with his wife, and she became pregnant ²⁰  and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after ²¹  his son Enoch. 4:18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father ²²  of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.

4:19 Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah. 4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first ²³  of those who live in tents and keep ²⁴  livestock. 4:21 The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute. 4:22 Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped ²⁵  all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.