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  • 2 Timothy 1:5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 5 For I recall your unhypocritical faith,+ which dwelled first in your grandmother Loʹis and your mother Euʹnice, but which I am confident is also in you.

  • 2 Timothy 1:5
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 5 ὑπόμνησιν under-reminder λαβὼν having taken τῆς of the ἐν in σοὶ you ἀνυποκρίτου unhypocritical πίστεως, faith, ἥτις which ἐνῴκησεν dwelt in πρῶτον first ἐν in τῇ the μάμμῃ grandmother σου of you Λωίδι Lois καὶ and τῇ to the μητρί mother σου of you Εὐνίκῃ, Eunice, πέπεισμαι I have been confident δὲ but ὅτι that καὶ also ἐν in σοί. you.

  • 2 Timothy 1:5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 5 For I recollect the faith+ which is in you without any hypocrisy,+ and which dwelt first in your grandmother Loʹis and your mother Euʹnice, but which I am confident is also in you.

  • 2 Timothy 1:5
    The Bible in Living English
    • 5* by getting a reminiscence of the unfeigned faith you have in you, which resided first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and does, I am persuaded, in you too.

  • 2 Timothy 1:5
    American Standard Version
    • 5 having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

  • 2 Timothy 1:5
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 5 A reminder having received of the unfeigned faith that is in thee,—Such as dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and in thy mother Eunicè,—I am persuaded moreover that [it dwelleth] in thee also.

  • 2 Timothy 1:5
    King James Version
    • 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.

  • 2 Timothy
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
    • 1:5 w22.04 19-20; it-2 262; w15 11/1 14; w99 7/1 9-10; w98 5/15 8-9

  • 2 Timothy
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 1:5 g78 5/22 28; w72 114; w64 690; w52 382

  • 2 Timothy
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 1:5

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 262

      The Watchtower,

      11/1/2015, p. 14

      7/1/1999, pp. 9-10

      5/15/1998, pp. 8-9

      2/15/1972, p. 114

      11/15/1964, pp. 689-691

      6/15/1952, pp. 382-383

      Awake!,

      5/22/1978, p. 28

  • 2 Timothy Study Notes—Chapter 1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 1:5

      unhypocritical faith: See study note on 1Ti 1:5.

      your grandmother Lois: Timothy’s grandmother Lois was most likely the mother of Eunice, and apparently the family lived in the city of Lystra. (Ac 16:1-3) The Greek word mamʹme used here was a child’s word of endearment for his grandmother, in contrast with the more formal word teʹthe. Paul’s word choice may indicate that Timothy and his grandmother had a close, affectionate relationship. Lois probably supported Eunice in teaching Timothy from the Hebrew Scriptures.​—See study note on 2Ti 3:15.

      your mother Eunice: Eunice and Lois likely converted to Christianity during Paul’s first stay in Lystra, about 47-48 C.E. (Ac 14:6) Paul here credits both of them with having “unhypocritical faith.” No doubt Eunice had to exercise such faith when Timothy left home to join Paul in his missionary travels; she was aware of Paul’s previous visit to their city when he was stoned and left for dead. (Ac 14:19) The example set by Eunice and Lois, as well as their diligent teaching, surely contributed to Timothy’s own “unhypocritical faith” and outstanding spiritual progress. (Ac 16:2; Php 2:19-22; 1Ti 4:14) Their example was all the more remarkable because Timothy’s Greek father apparently did not share his wife’s faith.​—See study notes on Ac 16:1, 3.

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