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2 Timothy 1:5

I thank God because I remember that you sincerely believe in Christ Jesus. First, your grandmother, Lois, and your mother, Eunice, believed in him and, I am ◄convinced/very sure► that you also believe in him.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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 that in thee also.

In Context

4While I am thanking God for you, I very much want to see you because I remember how you cried [MTY] when we separated. I want to see you in order that I may be ◄filled with joy/very happy►.

6Because I am sure that you believe in him, I remind you to do fervently/wholeheartedly [MET] what God has ◄assigned for/appointed► you to do and what he has enabled you to do. God ◄ assigned for/appointed► you to do it as a result of my putting my hands on you to show/indicate that he had chosen you to do his work.

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Cross References

Psalms 17:1Yahweh, listen to me while I plead with you to act justly toward me. Hear me while I call out to you to help me. Pay attention to what I say while I pray because I am speaking [MTY] honestly/truthfully.

Psalms 22:10It was as though you adopted me right when I was born. You have ◄been my God/taken care of me► ever since I was born.

Psalms 77:6I spend the whole night thinking about things; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:

Psalms 86:16Look down toward me and be merciful to me; cause me to be strong and save/rescue me who serves you faithfully like my mother did.

Jeremiah 3:10The people of Judah have pretended to return to me, but they have not really done that. This is true because I, Yahweh, have said it.”

Acts 16:1Paul and Silas went to Derbe city and visited the believers there. Next they went to Lystra city. A believer whose name was Timothy lived there. His mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was 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 →

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