To Timothy,(A) my dear son:(B)

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.(C)

Thanksgiving

I thank God,(D) whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience,(E) as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.(F) Recalling your tears,(G) I long to see you,(H) so that I may be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith,(I) which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice(J) and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.

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To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

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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To Timothy, a (A)beloved son:

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Timothy’s Faith and Heritage

I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my (B)forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day, greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy, when I call to remembrance (C)the [a]genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and (D)your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 1:5 Lit. unhypocritical