2 Timothy 1:3
I give thanks to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that without ceasing, I have a remembrance of thee in my prayers, night and day.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4Desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy,
Cross References
Acts 22:3And he saith: I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, as also all you are this day:
Acts 24:14But this I confess to thee, that according to the way, which they call a heresy, so do I serve the Father and my God, believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets:
Acts 26:4And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews do know:
Romans 1:8First I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all, because your faith is spoken of in the whole world.
2 Corinthians 1:12For our glory is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity of heart and sincerity of God, and not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conversed in this world: and more abundantly towards you.
Ephesians 1:16Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in my prayers,
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 →