New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Timothy 1:3
31I thank God, whom I 2serve with a 3clear conscience 4the way my forefathers did, 5as I constantly remember you in my 6prayers night and day,
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 son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day, 4longing to see you, even as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy. 5For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelled in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it 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
- I thankχάριςcharis · graceG5485
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- serveλατρεύωlatreuō · to ministerG3000
- clearκαθαρόςkatharos · cleanG2513
- conscienceσυνείδησιςsuneidēsis · conscienceG4893
- the wayἀπόapo · away fromG575
- my forefathersπρόγονοςprogonos · parent/ancestorG4269
- as I constantlyἀδιάλειπτοςadialeiptos · continuousG88
- rememberἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
- rememberμνείαmneia · remembranceG3417
- prayersδέησιςdeēsis · petitionG1162
- nightνύξnux · nightG3571
- and dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
Cross-references for 2 Timothy 1:3
- Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the world.
- Ephesians 1:16do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers;
- 2 Timothy 1:5For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelled in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.
- 2 Timothy 3:15and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.
- Acts 24:14But I confess this to you, that in accordance with the Way, which they call a sect, I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and is written in the Prophets;
- Acts 26:4“So then, all Jews know my way of life since my youth, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation and in Jerusalem,
- Acts 27:23For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong, whom I also serve, came to me,
- Galatians 1:14and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.
- Acts 23:1Now looking intently at the Council, Paul said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with an entirely good conscience before God up to this day.”
- Acts 24:16In view of this I also do my best to maintain a blameless conscience both before God and before other people, always.
- Romans 1:9For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you,
- Romans 9:1I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.
- 1 Timothy 1:5But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from 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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