2 Timothy 1:3

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

² To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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;

⁴ Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

⁵ 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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
KJV: 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;
WEB: I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day
ASV: I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day
DARBY: I am thankful to God, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day,
BLB: I have gratitude to God, whom I serve from the forefathers with a pure conscience, as I have unceasing remembrance of you in my prayers night and day,

ÅB: Jeg takker Gud, som jeg fra mine forfedre av tjener med en ren samvittighet, slik som jeg uavlatelig kommer deg i hu i mine bønner natt og dag,
OTB: Jeg takker Gud, som jeg tjener med en ren samvittighet, slik mine forfedre gjorde, når jeg stadig husker deg i mine bønner både natt og dag,
B1930: Jeg takker Gud, som jeg fra mine forfedre av tjener med en ren samvittighet, likesom jeg uavlatelig kommer dig i hu i mine bønner natt og dag,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 1:8–9
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
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Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
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Acts 24:14
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
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Acts 23:1
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
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Acts 22:3
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
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1 Timothy 1:19
Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
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Acts 24:16
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
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1 Timothy 1:5
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
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