...thy tears, that I may 4 be filled with joy ; when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that 5 is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois,...mother Eunice ; and I am persuaded that in thee also. Wherefore I put 6 thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting...

...Timothy, thus : " Greatly desiring to see thee when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that it in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois,...mother Eunice ; and I am persuaded that in thee also." " Here," remarks our author, " we have a fair unforced example of coincidence. In the history, Timothy...

...places, and the molten Images." — 2Chron. xxxiv. 3. Timothy. — " I call to remembrance the unteigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded in thee also. — And that from a child ihou hast known the scriptures, which are able to make thee...

...Tim. i. 5. " When 1 call to remembrance the unfeigned fail It that is in thee, which dwelt first ia thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice ; and I am persuaded that in thee also." Now this is an epithet which denotes the nature of a thing, and not the degree of it. A thing may be...

...Timothy after an interval of many years), being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy, when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that...thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also1." These affectionate expressions must interest the heart, and are highly honourable to St. Paul,...

...mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy, when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith t,bat is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois,...mother Eunice ; and I am persuaded that in thee also.' Here we ,have a fair unforced example of coincidence. In the history, Timothy was the 'son of a Jewess...

...the secret is laid open : " When," says Ihe Apostle, " I call to remembrance Ihe unfeigned faith thai is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois,...mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also." It is not to Jesse, bill lo Jesse's wife, lhal David so tenderly and devoully refers, when he says,...

...Timothy's family, which appears hereditary, was intended to be held up as an example of family religion: " When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that...Eunice ; and I am persuaded that in thee also," (2 Tim. i. 5,) for "from a child" Timothy had " known the holy Scriptures." (iii. 15.) As the female head of...

...promoles compassion ; good men ever have been, and are, men of tender and compassionate dispositions. 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that...mother Eunice ; and I am persuaded that in thee also. The is another reason why St. Paul so earnestly desired a sight of his dear son Ti043 mothy ; namely,...

...Timothy come into one's mind—" I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that * is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also !" Blessed child of many prayers, the God of thy fathers make the rest of thy life answerable to this...