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3 ⌊I am thankful⌋a to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience ⌊as my ancestors did⌋b, when ⌊I remember you constantly⌋c in my prayers night and day, 4 longing to see you as I* remember your tears, so that I may be filled with joy, 5 ⌊remembering the⌋d sincere faith in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that is in you also, 6 for which reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.
a | Literally “I have thankfulness” |
b | Literally “from ancestors” |
c | Literally “I have remembrance concerning you constantly” |
* | Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“remember”) which is understood as temporal |
d | Literally “receiving a remembrance of the” |
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