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Thanksgiving and Charge to Timothy

I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did,[a] when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day.[b] As I remember your tears, I long to see you,[c] so that I may be filled with joy. I recall[d] your sincere faith[e] that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure[f] is in you.

Because of this I remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess[g] through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a Spirit[h] of fear but of power and love and self-control.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 1:3 tn Grk “from my ancestors.”
  2. 2 Timothy 1:3 tn Or “as I do constantly. By night and day I long to see you…”
  3. 2 Timothy 1:4 tn Grk “longing to see you, remembering your tears” (as a continuation of the preceding clause). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  4. 2 Timothy 1:5 tn Grk “recalling” (as a continuation of the preceding clause). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  5. 2 Timothy 1:5 tn Grk “the sincere faith in you.”
  6. 2 Timothy 1:5 tn Or “convinced.”
  7. 2 Timothy 1:6 tn Grk “that is in you.”
  8. 2 Timothy 1:7 tn Or “a spirit,” denoting the human personality under the Spirit’s influence as in 1 Cor 4:21; Gal 6:1; 1 Pet 3:4. But the reference to the Holy Spirit at the end of this section (1:14) makes it likely that it begins this way also, so that the Holy Spirit is the referent.

Thanksgiving

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience(A) as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.(B) Remembering your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. I recall your sincere faith(C) that first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice(D) and now, I am convinced, is in you also.

Therefore, I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.(E) For God has not given us a spirit of fear,(F) but one of power,[a](G) love,(H) and sound judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:7 Or For the Spirit God gave us does not make us fearful, but gives us power