Timothy’s Spiritual Heritage
3 I am thankfulLiterally "I have thankfulness" to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors didLiterally "from ancestors", when I remember you constantlyLiterally "I have remembrance concerning you constantly" in my prayers night and day, 4 longing to see you as I*Here "as" is supplied as a component of the participle ("remember") which is understood as temporal remember your tears, so that I may be filled with joy, 5 remembering theLiterally "receiving a remembrance of the" sincere faith in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that is in you also,