2 Timothy 1:5
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.
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In Context
4Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
Cross References
Psalms 17:1A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Psalms 22:10I was cast upon thee from my birth: thou art my God from the time I was born.
Psalms 77:6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with my own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
Psalms 86:16O turn to me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
Jeremiah 3:10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned to me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
Acts 16:1Then he came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain woman who was a Jewess, and 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 →