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2Ti 1:3. Χάριν ἔχω, I feel thankful) Drawing very near to his martyrdom, still he gives thanks. Paul feels thankful to God for the faith bestowed on Timothy, 2Ti 1:5. Therefore from ὡς ἀδιάλειπτον, as [not that, as Engl. Vers.] without ceasing, to χαρᾶς πληρωθῶ, I might be filled with joy, is put as a parenthesis, to explain those things which follow, ὑπόμνησιν λαμβάνων, calling to (or rather, receiving a) remembrance, etc.: for ὡς, even as, inasmuch as, is an explanatory particle.-ᾧ λατρεύω, whom I serve) Rom 1:9, note.-ἀπὸ προγόνων, from the [our] [not my, as Engl. Vers.] forefathers) Paul means the forefathers; not Abraham, etc., whom he calls τοὺς πατέρας, the fathers [Rom 9:5], never προγόνους, forefathers or ancestors, but the immediate progenitors; and signifies their long continuance in the true religion all along from an earlier age of mankind, whether Paul’s ancestors were themselves godly men, which is highly probable, or not; for he does not add, my. The memory of those who have gone before, and to whom he is being [i.e. about to be] gathered, delights him, now that he is prepared to die. He even calls to remembrance Timothy’s grandmother and mother, 2Ti 1:5. This epistle especially has something of the ripeness of old age, mild and good-natured [conciliatory].