2Ti 1:2. Ἀγαπητῷ, dearly beloved) An appropriate epithet; for the strongest declaration of love follows. In the first epistle he had written, my genuine [γνησίῳ]: that is compensated for here in 2Ti 1:5 [by the expression, τῆς ἐν σοὶ ἀνυποκρίτου πίστεως, the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which corresponds to it].