2 Timothy 1:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“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;”
2 Timothy 1:3 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 2 Timothy 1:325 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 1:3
“'I thank God,' he says, 'that I remember you,' so much do I love you.” This is a mark of excessive love, when a man glories in his affection from loving so much. “I thank God,” he says, “Whom I serve”: and how? “With a pure conscience,” for he had not violated his conscience. And here he speaks of his blameless life, for he everywhere calls his life his conscience. Or because I never gave up any good that I purposed, for any human cause, not even when I was a persecutor.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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