ris3n's Apologetics Codex

Passage

2 Timothy 1.2

Book: 2 Timothy · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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

2. to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

  1. 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 4. longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; (2 Timothy 1:1-4, ASV)
WEB
  1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

2. to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

  1. 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 4. longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy; (2 Timothy 1:1-4, WEB)
KJV
  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.

  1. 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; Greatly: or, remembering thy tears, I greatly desire to see thee that (2 Timothy 1:1-4, KJV)
YLT
  1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, according to a promise of life that [is] in Christ Jesus,

2. to Timotheus, beloved child: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord!

  1. I am thankful to God, whom I serve from progenitors in a pure conscience, that unceasingly I have remembrance concerning thee in my supplications night and day, 4. desiring greatly to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that with joy I may be filled, (2 Timothy 1:1-4, YLT)

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Setting

  • Speaker: Paul, writing under his own name
  • Audience: Timothy, Paul's delegate at Ephesus
  • Location: written from imprisonment at Rome to Timothy at Ephesus
  • Time period: c. AD 64-67, traditionally Paul's last letter, written from a second Roman imprisonment shortly before his execution

Theological reading

"My beloved child" is not a formality. Acts 16:1-3 introduces Timothy at Lystra as the son of a believing Jewish mother and a Greek father, and Paul took him along on the second journey. By this letter that relationship has run perhaps fifteen years, through Philippi, Thessalonica, Corinth, and Ephesus.

The greeting adds "mercy" to Paul's usual pairing of grace and peace, a feature of both letters to Timothy and of Titus in some manuscripts. Whatever the reason, it fits a letter whose recipient is being asked to hold a position under pressure. The affection in the address is doing pastoral work before a single instruction is given, which is the pattern of the whole letter: the charge to endure is delivered by someone who has already endured and who loves the person he is charging._

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

  • ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
  • WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
  • KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
  • YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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