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.
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Gill's Exposition
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee,.... This caused him to give thanks to God for it, whose gift it is and made him the more desirous of seeing one, who was a true…
Barnes' Notes
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee; - notes, 1Ti 1:5. On the faith of Timothy, see the notes at 1Ti 4:6. Which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois - That is, the same faith…
Adam Clarke
The unfeigned faith that is in thee - Timothy had given the fullest proof of the sincerity of his conversion, and of the purity of his faith.
Which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois - In Act 16:1,…
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…
Cambridge Bible
remembrance The noun occurs only 2Pe 1:13; 2Pe 3:1, besides in N. T.; the verb Tit 3:1, where see note, 2Pe 1:12, &c.
the unfeigned faith that is in thee -Unfeigned," -true and trusty." Contrasted…
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