Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. New Living Translation 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. English Standard Version 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. Berean Standard Bible I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers. Berean Literal Bible I am thankful to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, as I have the remembrance of you unceasingly in my prayers, night and day, King James Bible 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 King James Version 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, New American Standard Bible 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, NASB 1995 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, NASB 1977 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, Legacy Standard Bible I am grateful to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I unceasingly remember you in my prayers night and day, Amplified Bible I thank God, whom I worship and serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day, Christian Standard Bible I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day. Holman Christian Standard Bible I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day. American Standard Version I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day Contemporary English Version Night and day I mention you in my prayers. I am always grateful for you, as I pray to the God my ancestors and I have served with a clear conscience. English Revised Version I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day GOD'S WORD® Translation I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day when I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did. Good News Translation I give thanks to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did. I thank him as I remember you always in my prayers night and day. International Standard Version I constantly thank my God—whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you in my prayers night and day, Majority Standard Bible I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers. NET Bible I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day. New Heart English Bible I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day Webster's Bible Translation 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; Weymouth New Testament I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience--as my forefathers did--that night and day I unceasingly remember you in my prayers, World English Bible I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionI am thankful to God, whom I serve from progenitors in a pure conscience, that I unceasingly have remembrance concerning you in my supplications night and day, Berean Literal Bible I am thankful to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, as I have the remembrance of you unceasingly in my prayers, night and day, Young's Literal Translation I am thankful to God, whom I serve from progenitors in a pure conscience, that unceasingly I have remembrance concerning thee in my supplications night and day, Smith's Literal Translation I have grace to God, whom I serve from the forefathers in pure consciousness, as I have continual remembrance concerning thee in my prayers night and day; Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleI give thanks to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that without ceasing, I have a remembrance of thee in my prayers, night and day. Catholic Public Domain Version I give thanks to God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. For without ceasing I hold the remembrance of you in my prayers, night and day, New American Bible I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day. New Revised Standard Version I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI thank God, whom I have served from boyhood with a pure conscience, that I have always remembered you in my prayers night and day. Aramaic Bible in Plain English I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience; I constantly remember you in my prayers, night and day, NT Translations Anderson New TestamentI thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, after the custom of my forefathers, that, without ceasing, I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day, Godbey New Testament I give thanks to God, whom I serve from my ancestors with a clean conscience, as I have incessant mention of you in my prayers, night and day Haweis New Testament I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that I keep up a constant remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; Mace New Testament When I remember you, as I continually do in my prayers night and day, I give thanks to God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, after the example of my fore-fathers. Weymouth New Testament I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience--as my forefathers did--that night and day I unceasingly remember you in my prayers, Worrell New Testament I thank God, Whom I serve from my forefathers, in a pure conscience, that I have an unceasing remembrance of you in my supplications night and day; Worsley New Testament I give thanks to God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience, having remembrance of thee continually in my prayers night and day; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Encouragement to Be Faithful2To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers. 4Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.… Cross References Philippians 1:3-4 I thank my God every time I remember you. / In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy, Romans 1:9 God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers / and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, Colossians 1:3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 1 Corinthians 1:4 I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus. Acts 24:14 I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets, 1 Timothy 5:5 The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers. 1 Thessalonians 3:9-10 How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence? / Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith. 2 Corinthians 1:11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers. Acts 26:7 the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews. 1 Samuel 12:23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way. Psalm 119:55 In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law. Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before. Nehemiah 1:6 let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned. Treasury of Scripture I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day; I thank. Romans 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. Ephesians 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; whom. 2 Timothy 1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. 2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. Acts 22:3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. with. Acts 23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. Acts 24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. Romans 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; that. Romans 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; 1 Thessalonians 1:2,3 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; … 1 Thessalonians 3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? night. Luke 2:37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. Jump to Previous Ceasing Clear Conscience Constantly Fathers Forefathers Free Heart Memory Night Petitions Praise Prayers Progenitors Pure Remember Remembrance Servant Serve Sin Supplications Thank Thankful Thought Time Times Unceasing Unceasingly WayJump to Next Ceasing Clear Conscience Constantly Fathers Forefathers Free Heart Memory Night Petitions Praise Prayers Progenitors Pure Remember Remembrance Servant Serve Sin Supplications Thank Thankful Thought Time Times Unceasing Unceasingly Way2 Timothy 1 1. Paul's love to Timothy, and unfeigned confidence in Timothy himself, his mother, and grandmother.6. He is exhorted to stir up the gift of God which was in him; 8. to be steadfast and patient in persecution; 13. and to persist in the form and truth of that doctrine which he had learned of him. 15. Phygellus and Hermogenes, and such like, are noted, and Onesiphorus is highly commended. I thank God This phrase sets the tone for the entire passage, emphasizing gratitude and reverence. The Greek word for "thank" is "εὐχαριστέω" (eucharisteō), which conveys a deep sense of thankfulness and acknowledgment of God's grace. In the historical context, Paul is writing from prison, yet he begins with gratitude, demonstrating a profound faith that transcends his circumstances. This teaches us the importance of maintaining a thankful heart, regardless of our situation. whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers Whom I serve from my forefathers.--That is, with the devotion and love I have inherited as a sacred family tradition. St. Paul was here referring, not to the great forefathers of the Jewish race--Abraham, Isaac, and the patriarchs--but to the members of his own family, who, he states, were religious, faithful persons. Van Oosterzee strangely concludes: "Dass Paulus diese historische kontinuitat der wahren Gottesverehrung in seinem geschlecht um so h”her schatzt, da er selbst stirbt, ohne kinder zu hinterlassen!" With pure conscience.--Literally, in pure conscience. The spiritual sphere in which St. Paul, as a Jew first, then as a Christian, served God. (See Notes on 1Timothy 1:5.) That without ceasing I have remembrance of thee.--Better rendered, as unceasing is the remembrance which . . . This long parenthetical sentence leads up to the point for which St. Paul was so deeply thankful to God; namely, the true faith of Timothy himself. These unstudied words tell us something of the inner life of such a one as St. Paul, how ceaselessly, unweariedly he prayed, night as well as day. The object, too, of those constant prayers of St. Paul was not St. Paul but Timothy. Verse 3. - In a pure for with pure, A.V.; how unceasing for that without ceasing, A.V.; is my remembrance for I have remembrance, A.V.; supplications for prayers, A.V. For whom I serve from my fathers in a pure conscience, comp. Acts 23:1. How unceasing, etc. The construction of the sentence which follows is difficult and ambiguous. For what does the apostle give thanks to God? The answer to this question will give the clue to the explanation. The only thing mentioned in the context which seer, s a proper subject of thanksgiving is that which is named in ver. 5, viz. the "unfeigned faith" that was in Timothy. That this was a proper subject of thanksgiving we learn from Ephesians 1:15, where St. Paul writes that, having heard of their faith in the Lord Jesus, he ceased not to give thanks for then-J, making mention of them in his prayers (see, too, 1 Thessalonians 1:2). Assuming, then, that this was the subject of his thanksgiving, we notice especially the reading of the R.T., λαβών, "having received," and the note of Bengel that ὑπόμνησιν λαμβάνειν means to be reminded of any one by another, as distinguished from ἀνάμνησιν, which is used when any one comes to your recollection without external prompting; both which fall in with our previous conclusion. And we get for the main sentence the satisfactory meaning: "I give thanks to God that I have received (or, because I have received) a most pleasant reminder (from some letter or visitor to which he does not further allude) of your unfeigned faith," etc, The main sentence clearly is: "I thank God... having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee." The intermediate words are, in Paul's manner, parenthetical and explanatory. Being about to say that it was at some special remembrance of Timothy's faith that he gave thanks, the thought arose in his mind that there was a continual remembrance of him day and night in his prayers; that he was ever thinking of him, longing to see him, and to have the tears shed at their parting turned into joy at their meeting again. And so he interposes this thought, and prefaces it with ὡς - not surely, "how," as in the R.V., but in the sense of καθώς, "as," "just as." And so the whole passage comes out: "Just as I have an unceasing remembrance of you in my prayers, day and night, longing to see you, that the tears which I remember you shed at our parting may be turned into joy, so do I give special thanks to God on the remembrance of your faith."Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Iἔχω (echō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. thank Χάριν (Charin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 5485: From chairo; graciousness, of manner or act. God, Θεῷ (Theō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. whom ᾧ (hō) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. I serve λατρεύω (latreuō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3000: To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage. with ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. a clear καθαρᾷ (kathara) Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 2513: Clean. conscience συνειδήσει (syneidēsei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 4893: The conscience, a persisting notion. From a prolonged form of suneido; co-perception, i.e. Moral consciousness. as did ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. [my] forefathers, προγόνων (progonōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 4269: An ancestor. From proginomai; an ancestor, parent. as ὡς (hōs) Adverb Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. I ἔχω (echō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. constantly ἀδιάλειπτον (adialeipton) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 88: Unceasing, unremitting. Unintermitted, i.e. Permanent. remember μνείαν (mneian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3417: Remembrance, recollection, mention; commemoration. From mnaomai or mimnesko; recollection; by implication, recital. you σοῦ (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. night νυκτὸς (nyktos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3571: The night, night-time. A primary word; 'night'. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. day ἡμέρας (hēmeras) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. my μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. prayers. δεήσεσίν (deēsesin) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 1162: Supplication, prayer, entreaty. From deomai; a petition. Links 2 Timothy 1:3 NIV2 Timothy 1:3 NLT 2 Timothy 1:3 ESV 2 Timothy 1:3 NASB 2 Timothy 1:3 KJV 2 Timothy 1:3 BibleApps.com 2 Timothy 1:3 Biblia Paralela 2 Timothy 1:3 Chinese Bible 2 Timothy 1:3 French Bible 2 Timothy 1:3 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Timothy 1:3 I thank God whom I serve as (2 Tim. 2Ti iiTi ii Tim) |
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