2 Timothy 1:3
I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my forefathers did, as night and day I constantly remember yoʋ in my prayers.
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2to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
4Recalling yoʋr tears, I long to see yoʋ so that I may be filled with joy.
Cross References
Acts 22:3“I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel and instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, just as all of you are today.
Acts 24:14But I confess this to yoʋ, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is written throughout the Law and in the Prophets,
Acts 26:4“All the Jews know about my manner of life from my youth up, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem.
Romans 1:8First, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
2 Corinthians 1:12Now this is the reason for our confidence: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with integrity and godly sincerity, not by worldly wisdom, but by the grace of God.
Ephesians 1:16I have not ceased giving thanks for you as I remember 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 →