Berean Standard Bible
2 Timothy 1:3
3I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
2 Timothy 1:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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;
- New International Version (NIV)I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,
Context of 2 Timothy 1:3
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus, 2To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers. 4Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. 5I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
Read all of 2 Timothy 12 Timothy 1:3 word by word
Χάριν ἔχω τῷ θεῷ, ᾧ λατρεύω ἀπὸ προγόνων ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει, ὡς ἀδιάλειπτον ἔχω τὴν περὶ σοῦ μνείαν ἐν ταῖς δεήσεσίν μου νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέραςRead the interlinear
- Iἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
- thankχάριςcharis · graceG5485
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- I serveλατρεύωlatreuō · to ministerG3000
- withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- a clearκαθαρόςkatharos · cleanG2513
- conscienceσυνείδησιςsuneidēsis · conscienceG4893
- as didἀπόapo · away fromG575
- forefathersπρόγονοςprogonos · parent/ancestorG4269
- asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- constantlyἀδιάλειπτοςadialeiptos · continuousG88
- rememberμνείαmneia · remembranceG3417
- ·περίperi · aboutG4012
- youσύsu · youG4771
- nightνύξnux · nightG3571
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- prayersδέησιςdeēsis · petitionG1162
Cross-references for 2 Timothy 1:3
- Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
- Ephesians 1:16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
- 2 Timothy 1:5I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
- 2 Timothy 3:15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
- Acts 24:14I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
- Acts 26:4Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.
- Acts 27:23For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me
- Galatians 1:14I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
- Acts 23:1Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
- Acts 24:16In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
- Romans 1:9God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
- Romans 9:1I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
- 1 Timothy 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
- Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Commentaries on 2 Timothy 1:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Whom I serve from my forefathers - Being born a Jew, I was carefully educated in the knowledge of the true God, and the proper manner of worshipping him. With pure conscience - Ever aiming to please him, even in the time when through ignorance I persecuted the Church. Without ceasing I have remembrance of thee - The apostle thanks God that he has constant remembrance of Timothy in his prayers. It is a very rare thing now in the Christian Church, that a…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers - Paul reckoned among his forefathers the patriarchs and the holy men of former times, as being of the same nation with himself, though it may be that he also included his more immediate ancestors, who, for anything known to the contrary, may have been distinguished examples of piety. His own parents, it is certain, took care that he should be trained up in the ways of religion; compare the Philemon 3:4-5…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3as did my forefathers: See Philippians 3:5; compare Deuteronomy 6:4–9. with a clear conscience: This might relate to heresy (false teachings or practices) (see 2 Timothy 2:17–18; see also 1 Timothy 1:5). Or it could refer to Paul’s previous legal defense of himself (see Acts 23:1; 24:14–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. I thank--Greek, "I feel gratitude to God." whom I serve from my forefathers--whom I serve (Ro 1:9) as did my forefathers. He does not mean to put on the same footing the Jewish and Christian service of God; but simply to assert his own conscientious service of God as he had received it from his progenitors (not Abraham, Isaac, &c., whom he calls "the fathers," not "progenitors" as the Greek is here; Ro 9:5). The memory of those who had gone before to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Timothy 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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