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Greeting

1 Paul, an apostle of1 Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the apromise of life which is in Christ Jesus,  
2 To Timothy, a abeloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.  

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.  
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2 Timothy 1:3

I thank (xarin exw). "I have gratitude." As in I Timothy 1:12. Robinson cites examples of this phrase from the papyri. It occurs also in Luke 17:9; Acts 2:47. Xariv in doxologies Paul uses (I Corinthians 15:57; I Corinthians 2:14; 8:16; I Corinthians 9:15; Romans 6:17; Romans 7:25). His usual idiom is euxaristw (I Corinthians 1:4; Romans 1:8; Philemon 1:4; Philippians 1:3) or euxaristoumen (I Thessalonians 1:2; Colossians 1:3) or ou pauomai euxaristwn (Ephesians 1:16) or euxaristein ofeilomen (II Thessalonians 1:3).

Whom I serve from my forefathers (w latreuw apo progonwn). The relative w is the dative case with latreuw (see Romans 1:9 for this verb), progressive present (I have been serving). For progonwn (forefathers) see I Timothy 5:4. Paul claims a pious ancestry as in Acts 24:14; Acts 26:5; Galatians 2:14; Philippians 3:4-7.

In a pure conscience (en kaqarai suneidhsei). See I Timothy 1:5; Acts 23:1.

Unceasing (adialeipton). Late and rare compound, in N.T. only here and Romans 9:2 which see. The adverb adialeiptwv is more frequent (in the papyri, literary Koin‚, I Thessalonians 1:2; Romans 1:9). The adjective here is the predicate accusative, "how I hold the memory concerning thee unceasing." The use of adialeiptwv (adverb) is a sort of epistolary formula (papyri, I Thessalonians 1:2; I Thessalonians 2:13; I Thessalonians 5:17; Romans 1:9).

Remembrance (mneian). Old word, in N.T. only Pauline (seven times, I Thessalonians 1:2; Romans 1:9; Philippians 1:3).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Timothy 1:3:

Luke 17:9
Acts 22:3
Romans 9:2
1 Timothy 5:4

 

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