2Ti 1:3 | RWP | e4.org | I thank ( χαριν εχω ). "I have gratitude." As in . Robinson cites examples of this phrase from the papyri. It occurs also in ; . Χαρις in doxologies Paul uses ( ; ; ; ; ; ). His usual idiom is ευχαριστω ( ; ; ; ) or ευχαριστουμεν ( ; ) or ου παυομα ευχαριστων ( ) or ευχαριστειν οφειλομεν ( ). Whom I serve from my forefathers ( ω λατρευω απο προγονων ). The relative ω is the dative case with λατρευω (see for this verb), progressive present (I have been serving). For προγονων (forefathers) see . Paul claims a pious ancestry as in ; ; ; . In a pure conscience ( εν καθαρα συνειδησε ). See ; . Unceasing ( αδιαλειπτον ). Late and rare compound, in N.T. only here and which see. The adverb αδιαλειπτως is more frequent (in the papyri, literary Koine , ; ). The adjective here is the predicate accusative, "how I hold the memory concerning thee unceasing." The use of αδιαλειπτως (adverb) is a sort of epistolary formula (papyri, ; ; ; ). Remembrance ( μνειαν ). Old word, in N.T. only Pauline (seven times, ; ; ).

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I thank ( χαριν εχω ). "I have gratitude." As in 1Ti 1:12. Robinson cites examples of this phrase from the papyri. It occurs also in Lu 17:9; Ac 2:47. Χαρις in doxologies Paul uses (1Co 15:57; 2:14; 8:16; 9:15; Ro 6:17; 7:25). His usual idiom is ευχαριστω (1Co 1:4; Ro 1:8; Phm 1:4; Php 1:3) or ευχαριστουμεν (1Th 1:2; Col 1:3) or ου παυομα ευχαριστων (Eph 1:16) or ευχαριστειν οφειλομεν (2Th 1:3).

Whom I serve from my forefathers ( ω λατρευω απο προγονων ). The relative ω is the dative case with λατρευω (see Ro 1:9 for this verb), progressive present (I have been serving). For προγονων (forefathers) see 1Ti 5:4. Paul claims a pious ancestry as in Ac 24:14; Ac 26:5; Ga 2:14; Php 3:4-7.

In a pure conscience ( εν καθαρα συνειδησε ). See 1Ti 1:5; Ac 23:1.

Unceasing ( αδιαλειπτον ). Late and rare compound, in N.T. only here and Ro 9:2 which see. The adverb αδιαλειπτως is more frequent (in the papyri, literary Koine, 1Th 1:2; Ro 1:9). The adjective here is the predicate accusative, "how I hold the memory concerning thee unceasing." The use of αδιαλειπτως (adverb) is a sort of epistolary formula (papyri, 1Th 1:2; 2:13; 5:17; Ro 1:9).

Remembrance ( μνειαν ). Old word, in N.T. only Pauline (seven times, 1Th 1:2; Ro 1:9; Php 1:3).