³ I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that I have thee in remembrance in my prayers night and day without ceasing.

⁴ I greatly desire to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy

⁵ when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice and,I am persuaded, is in thee also.

⁶ Therefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee through the putting on of my hands.

⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

¹⁷ And it came to pass after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore that there was no breath left in him.

¹⁸ And she said unto Elijah, “What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? Art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance and to slay my son?”

¹⁹ And he said unto her, “Give me thy son.” And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

²⁰ And he cried unto the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, hast Thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn by slaying her son?”

²¹ And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, I pray Thee, let this child’s soul come into him again!”

²² And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

²³ And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said, “See, thy son liveth.”