1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, according to the promise of life, which is in Christ Jesus.

2To Timothy my dearly beloved son, grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

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

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

8Be not you therefore ashamed of the teaching of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but work with the gospel, according to the power of God,

9Who has rescued 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.

10But is now made clear by the illumination of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has destroyed death, and has brought to light life and incorruption by the gospel:

11In which I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and teacher of the Gentiles.

12For 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 to him, against that day.

18And there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying:

19Master, Moses wrote to us, that if any man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring to his brother.

20Now there were seven brothers and sisters; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no issue.

21And the second took her, and died: and neither did he leave any issue. And the third in like manner.

22And the seven all took her in like manner; and did not leave issue. Last of all the woman also died.

23In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise again, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

24And Jesus answering, says to them: Do you not therefore err, because you know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?

25For when they shall rise again from the dead, they shall neither marry, nor be married, but are as the angels in heaven.

26And as concerning the dead that they rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err.