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 2:4

2:4 No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please ³  the one who recruited him.

2 Timothy 1:18

1:18 May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! ⁴  And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus. ⁵ 

[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…”

[2:4]  ³ tn Grk “that he may please.”

[1:18]  ⁵ sn That day is a reference to the day when Onesiphorus (v. 16) stands before Christ to give account for his service (cf. v. 12; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10).

[1:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “all the ways he served in Ephesus.”