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2 Timothy 1:5 — King James Version← Study notes

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 1:5Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 Timothy 1:526 words
GreekMeaning
ὑπόμνησινhypomnēsin
remembrancenounG5280
λαβὼνlabōn
accept, + be amazed, assayverbG2983
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
ἐνen
withinprepositionG1722
σοὶsoi
youpronounG4771
ἀνυποκρίτουanypokritou
sincereadjectiveG505
πίστεωςpisteōs
faithnounG4102
ἥτιςhētis
whichrelative pronounG3748
ἐνῴκησενenōkēsen
dweltverbG1774
πρῶτονprōton
firstadjectiveG4413
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τῇ
thearticleG3588
μάμμῃmammē
grandmothernounG3125
σουsou
of youpronounG4771
ΛωΐδιLōidi
LoisnounG3090
καὶkai
andwordG2532
τῇ
in thearticleG3588
μητρίmētri
mothernounG3384
σουsou
of youpronounG4771
ΕὐνίκῃEunikē
EunicenounG2131
πέπεισμαιpepeismai
I have been persuadedverbG3982
δὲde
nowwordG1161
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
ἐνen
it is inprepositionG1722
σοίsoi
youpronounG4771
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 1:5

This is another commendation, that Timothy came not of Gentiles, nor of unbelievers, but of a family that served Christ from the first. Acts 16:1-3 For Timothy, it says, “was the son of a certain woman which was a Jewess, and believed.” How a Jewess? How believing? Because she was not of the Gentiles, “but on account of his father, who was a Greek, and of the Jews that were in those quarters, he took and circumcised him.” Thus, as these mixtures of Jews and Gentiles took…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 1 on Second Timothy
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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