2 Timothy 1:3-7

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  1:4 As I remember your tears, I long to see you, ³  so that I may be filled with joy. 1:5 I recall ⁴  your sincere faith ⁵  that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure ⁶  is in you.

1:6 Because of this I remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess ⁷  through the laying on of my hands. 1:7 For God did not give us a Spirit ⁸  of fear but of power and love and self-control.

[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…”

[1:4]  ³ tn Grk “longing to see you, remembering your tears” (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 “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]  ⁵ tn Grk “the sincere faith in you.”

[1:5]  ⁶ tn Or “convinced.”

[1:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “that is in you.”

[1:7]  ⁸ tn Or “a spirit,” denoting the human personality under the Spirit’s influence as in 1 Cor 4:21; Gal 6:1; 1 Pet 3:4. But the reference to the Holy Spirit at the end of this section (1:14) makes it likely that it begins this way also, so that the Holy Spirit is the referent.