2 Timothy 1:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Unfeigned

1 Peter 1:22

Thy mother

Acts 16:1

I am

Bible References

Unfeigned

Jesus seeing Nathanael coming, said of him, there's a true Israelite, in whom is no guile. how do you know me?

I approve myself, by chastity, by knowledge, by meekness, by kindness, by sanctity of mind, by undisguised benevolence,

such a charge will produce that charity, which arises from purity, from a good conscience, and a sincere belief:

If you represent these things to the brethren, you will appear to be a true minister of Jesus Christ, brought up in the institutions of faith, and the true doctrine to which you were attach'd.

You that have purified your souls by the holy spirit, in obeying the gospel, which obliges you to an undisguised benevolence, let your hearts be mutually affected with the most disinterested ardour;

Thy mother

Paul arrived then at Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, whose mother was a Jewish convert, but his father a Greek.

I am

yet I am not ashamed, for I know in whom I have confided, and I am persuaded he is able to keep what I have committed to him against that day.

the king is inform'd of these things, to whom I address myself with the greater confidence, being persuaded he is fully apprized of these matters, that were far from being transacted in private.

by the full persuasion he had, that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

for I am fully persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

one man thinks one day fitter for religious worship than another: another thinks every day alike. let every man follow the persuasion of his own mind.

As to myself, I am persuaded, my brethren, that you abound in goodness, and in variety of knowledge, and are able to instruct one another.

But though we speak in this manner, my dear brethren, we expect better things of you, and such as are more suitable to your salvation.

These all died in faith, without receiving what was promised, having only a distant view of what they eagerly expected, professing to live as strangers and pilgrims in the land.