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What does 2 Timothy 1:3 mean?

"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"

— 2 Timothy 1:3 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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

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

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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

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longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

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having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

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For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

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