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2 Timothy 1:3
3Timothy, I thank God for you—the God I serve with a clear conscience, just as my ancestors did. Night and day I constantly remember you 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
1This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. I have been sent out to tell others about the life he has promised through faith in Christ Jesus. 2I am writing to Timothy, my dear son. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace. Timothy, I thank God for you—the God I serve with a clear conscience, just as my ancestors did. Night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 4I long to see you again, for I remember your tears as we parted. And I will be filled with joy when we are together again. 5I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you.
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
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 1:8Let me say first that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith in him is being talked about all over the world.
- Ephesians 1:16I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly,
- 2 Timothy 1:5I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you.
- 2 Timothy 3:15You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus.
- Acts 22:3Then Paul said, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, and I was brought up and educated here in Jerusalem under Gamaliel. As his student, I was carefully trained in our Jewish laws and customs. I became very zealous to honor God in everything I did, just like all of you today.
- Acts 24:14“But I admit that I follow the Way, which they call a cult. I worship the God of our ancestors, and I firmly believe the Jewish law and everything written in the prophets.
- Acts 26:4“As the Jewish leaders are well aware, I was given a thorough Jewish training from my earliest childhood among my own people and in Jerusalem.
- Acts 27:23For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,
- Galatians 1:14I was far ahead of my fellow Jews in my zeal for the traditions of my ancestors.
- Acts 23:1Gazing intently at the high council, Paul began: “Brothers, I have always lived before God with a clear conscience!”
- Acts 24:16Because of this, I always try to maintain a clear conscience before God and all people.
- Romans 1:9God knows how often I pray for you. Day and night I bring you and your needs in prayer to God, whom I serve with all my heart by spreading the Good News about his Son.
- Romans 9:1With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.
- 1 Timothy 1:5The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.
- Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, 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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