2 Timothy 1:9

⁷ For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

⁸ So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

¹⁰ And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

¹¹ to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
KJV: Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
WEB: who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
ASV: who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
DARBY: who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to [his] own purpose and grace, which [was] given to us in Christ Jesus before [the] ages of time,
BLB: the One having saved us and having called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to His own purpose and grace, having been given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

ÅB: han som frelste oss og kalte oss med et hellig kall, ikke etter våre gjerninger, men etter sitt eget forsett og den nåde som er oss gitt i Kristus Jesus fra evige tider,
OTB: som har frelst oss og kalt oss med et hellig kall, ikke etter våre gjerninger, men etter Hans egen hensikt og nåde, som ble gitt oss i Kristus Jesus fra evighet av,
B1930: han som frelste oss og kalte oss med et hellig kall, ikke efter våre gjerninger, men efter sitt eget forsett og den nåde som er oss gitt i Kristus Jesus fra evige tider,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ephesians 2:8–9
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
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Titus 3:4–5
But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
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Ephesians 1:3–4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
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Romans 11:5–6
In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
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Romans 16:25
Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
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1 Peter 2:20–21
How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
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Titus 1:2
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
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2 Thessalonians 2:13–14
But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
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