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Timothy’s Faith and Heritage

3 I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my aforefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,  
4 greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy,
5 when I call to remembrance athe genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and byour mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.  
6 Therefore I remind you ato stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.  
7 For aGod has not given us a spirit of fear, bbut of power and of love and of a sound mind.  

Not Ashamed of the Gospel

8 aTherefore do not be ashamed of bthe testimony of our Lord, nor of me cHis prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God,  
9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, anot according to our works, but baccording to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus cbefore time began,  
10 but ahas now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,  
11 ato which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher1 of the Gentiles.  
12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, afor I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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2 Timothy 1:5

When I call to remembrance—This increased his "desire to see" Timothy. The oldest manuscripts read, "When I called to remembrance"; implying that some recent incident (perhaps the contrasted cowardice of the hypocrite Demas, who forsook him) had reminded him of the sincerity of Timothy's faith.

faith that is in thee—ALFORD translates, "that was in thee." He remembers Timothy's faith in the past as a fact; its present existence in him is only matter of his confident persuasion or hope.

which—Greek, "such as."

dwelt—"made its dwelling" or abode (John 14:23). The past tense implies they were now dead.

first—before it dwelt in thee. She was the furthest back of the progenitors of Timothy whom Paul knew.

mother Eunice—a believing Jewess; but his father was a Greek, that is, a heathen (Acts 16:1). The faith of the one parent sanctified the child (II Timothy 3:15; I Corinthians 7:14). She was probably converted at Paul's first visit to Lystra (Acts 14:6). It is an undesigned coincidence, and so a mark of truth, that in Acts 16:1 the belief of the mother alone is mentioned, just as here praise is bestowed on the faith of the mother, while no notice is taken of the father [PALEY, Horæ Paulinæ].

and—Greek, "but," that is, notwithstanding appearances [ALFORD].

persuaded that—it dwells, or it shall dwell "in thee also." The mention of the faith of his mother and grandmother is designed as an incentive to stir up his faith.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Timothy 1:5:

Acts 16:1-5
Acts 16:3
1 Thessalonians 5:27
1 Timothy 4:6
2 Timothy 1:3
2 Timothy 3:14
2 Timothy 3:15

 

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