2 Timothy 1:5
having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, in you also.
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4longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;
Cross References
Psalms 17:1Hear, LORD, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
Psalms 22:10I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
Psalms 77:6I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently enquires:
Psalms 86:16Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant.
Jeremiah 3:10Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretence,” says the LORD.
Acts 16:1He came to Derbe and Lystra; and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed, 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 →