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2 Timothy 1:3

2 Timothy 1:3
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;

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers - Paul reckoned among his forefathers the patriarchs and the holy men of former times, as being of the same nation with himself, though it may be that he…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Whom I serve from my forefathers - Being born a Jew, I was carefully educated in the knowledge of the true God, and the proper manner of worshipping him.

With pure conscience - Ever aiming to please…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Timothy 1:1-5

Here is, I. The inscription of the epistle Paul calls himself an apostle by the will of God, merely by the good pleasure of God, and by his grace, which he professes himself unworthy of. According to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

2 Timothy 1:3-7

Timothy's inheritance of Personal Faith and Ministerial Gifts a double ground of Appeal

From what St Paul was himself follows now the first appeal to Timothy, based on his affectionate remembrance of…