2 Timothy 1:3

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

1This letter is from me, Paul. God chose me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. God sent me to tell people about the true life that he has promised us. We receive this life when we belong to Christ Jesus. 2I am writing to you, Timothy. You are like my own child, and I love you very much. I pray that God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord will continue to help you and be kind to you. I pray that they will give you peace in your mind. Like my ancestors, I serve God in a good way, that I know is right. When I pray to God, at night and during the day, I always remember to pray for you. And I thank God for you. 4I remember how you wept when I said ‘goodbye’ to you. I want to see you again very much, so that I may be completely happy. 5I remember how you really believe in Christ. Your grandmother, Lois, and your mother, Eunice, already believed in Christ before you did. Now I am sure that you yourself also really trust him.

2 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• I thankχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• I thankἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• I serveλατρεύωlatreuō · to ministerG3000
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• forefathersπρόγονοςprogonos · parent/ancestorG4269
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• pureκαθαρόςkatharos · cleanG2513
• conscienceσυνείδησιςsuneidēsis · conscienceG4893
• thatὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• without ceasingἀδιάλειπτοςadialeiptos · continuousG88
• remembranceμνείαmneia · remembranceG3417
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• prayersδέησιςdeēsis · petitionG1162
• nightνύξnux · nightG3571
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250

Cross-references for 2 Timothy 1:3

• Romans 1:8First, because of what Jesus Christ has done for us, I thank my God for all of you. Everywhere in the world, people are talking about how you trust in Jesus Christ.
• Ephesians 1:16I am always thanking God because of you. Whenever I pray to God, I always ask him to help you.
• 2 Timothy 1:5I remember how you really believe in Christ. Your grandmother, Lois, and your mother, Eunice, already believed in Christ before you did. Now I am sure that you yourself also really trust him.
• 2 Timothy 3:15Even when you were a child, you already knew the message of the Bible. The Bible has taught you how you can be truly wise. You understand that God saves you because you believe in Christ Jesus.
• Acts 22:3‘I am a Jew. I was born in Tarsus in the region of Cilicia. I lived here in Jerusalem when I was a boy. I studied God's Law for many years and Gamaliel was my teacher. I learned very well how to obey the laws of our ancestors. I tried to obey God as carefully as all of you do today.
• Acts 24:14What I do agree is this: I worship the same God that our Jewish ancestors worshipped. But I do this in the Way that Jesus has taught us. These men say that this is not the right way. But I believe in all God's Law that Moses wrote for us. I also believe in the messages that God's prophets have written in the Bible.
• Acts 26:4The Jewish people have known me since I was born. They all know how I have lived among them. They knew me in the region where I was born. When I came to Jerusalem, they also know how I lived there.
• Acts 27:23Last night one of God's angels spoke to me. I am a servant of God and I belong to him. He sent his angel to come to me.
• Galatians 1:14I obeyed the Jewish rules better than many other Jews who were my friends. I tried very much to obey the ideas that our Jewish ancestors taught.
• Acts 23:1Paul looked at the group of Jewish leaders and he said to them, ‘My Jewish friends, God knows that I have nothing to be ashamed about today. I have always respected God's Laws.’
• Acts 24:16Because of that, I always try to do what is right. I do not want to do anything bad against God or against other people.
• Romans 1:9God is the one that I serve with all my spirit. I tell people the message about his Son, which is good news. God himself knows that I pray for you all the time.
• Romans 9:1What I am telling you is true. I speak as someone who belongs to Christ. I am not telling lies. God's Holy Spirit rules my thoughts and I am sure that I am right.
• 2 Corinthians 1:12We can be proud of how we have lived in this world. We have been careful to be honest and good with everyone. And we have been like that with you even more. We are sure in our own minds that this is true. We have not tried to be clever in a human way. But we have lived in the way that God has helped us to live.
• 1 Timothy 1:5We need to teach people to love one another with pure thoughts. They need to be sure in their minds that they are living in a good way. They need to trust God completely.
• Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is always the same, yesterday, today and for ever.

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

Topics related to 2 Timothy 1:3

• Intercession
• Love
• Obedience
• Prayerfulness
• Purity
• Thankfulness
• Timothy
• Zeal, Religious

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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