2 Timothy 1:5
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.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
Cross References
Psalms 17:1{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.
Psalms 22:10I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother's belly.
Psalms 77:6I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search.
Psalms 86:16Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
Jeremiah 3:10And even for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith Jehovah.
Acts 16:1And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, by name Timotheus, son of a Jewish believing woman, but [the] father a Greek,
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 1:2-6
Second Timothy This second epistle Paul wrote to Timothy from Rome, when he was a prisoner there and in danger of his life; this is evident from these words, I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand, ch. iv. 6 . It appears that his removal out of this world, in his own apprehension, was not far off, especially considering the rage and malice of his persecutors; and that he had been brought before the emperor Nero, which he calls his first answer, when no man stood with him, but all men… Read the whole commentary →