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(A)I am grateful to God, whom I (B)serve with a (C)clear conscience [a]the way my forefathers did, (D)as I unceasingly remember you in my [b]prayers night and day, (E)longing to see you, (F)having remembered your tears, so that I may be filled with joy, [c]being reminded of the (G)unhypocritical faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and (H)your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that it is in you as well. For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh (I)the gift of God which is in you through (J)the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a (K)spirit of [d]timidity, but of power and love and [e]self-discipline.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 1:3 Lit from my forefathers
  2. 2 Timothy 1:3 Or petitions
  3. 2 Timothy 1:5 Lit receiving remembrance of
  4. 2 Timothy 1:7 Or cowardice
  5. 2 Timothy 1:7 Or sound judgment

I thank God, whom I serve with a clean conscience as my ancestors did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day. When I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. I remember your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that it also lives in you.

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For this reason I am reminding you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a timid spirit, but a spirit of power and love and sound judgment.

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