2 Timothy 1:3

Thanksgiving and Charge to Timothy

1:3 I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, ¹  when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day. ² 

2 Timothy 1:5

1:5 I recall ³  your sincere faith ⁴  that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure ⁵  is in you.

2 Timothy 1:9

1:9 He is the one who saved us ⁶  and called us with a holy calling, not based on ⁷  our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, ⁸ 

2 Timothy 3:11

3:11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings ⁹  that happened to me in Antioch, ¹⁰  in Iconium, and in Lystra. ¹¹  I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

2 Timothy 4:17

4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message ¹²  would be fully proclaimed ¹³  for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth!

[1:3]  ¹ tn Grk “from my ancestors.”

[1:3]  ² tn Or “as I do constantly. By night and day I long to see you…”

[1:5]  ³ tn Grk “recalling” (as a continuation of the preceding clause). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “the sincere faith in you.”

[1:5]  ⁵ tn Or “convinced.”

[1:9]  ⁵ tn More literally, “who saved us,” as a description of God in v. 8. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:9]  ⁶ tn Or “according to,” or “by.”

[1:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “before eternal times.”

[3:11]  ⁷ tn Grk “persecutions, sufferings,” as a continuation of the series from v. 10.

[3:11]  ⁸ map For location see JP1 E2; JP2 E2; JP3 E2; JP4 E2.

[3:11]  ⁹ sn In Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. See Acts 13-14 for the account of these persecutions.

[4:17]  ⁹ tn Or “the preaching.”

[4:17]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “might be completely fulfilled.”