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yearning to see you, having remembered your tears, in order that I may be filled with joy; having received a reminder of the sincere faith in you which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice. And I am convinced that it is also in you, for which reason I am reminding you to be rekindling[a] the gift of God which is in you through the laying-on of my hands.

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  1. 2 Timothy 1:6 Or, fanning to a flame, keeping in full flame.

Recalling your tears,(A) I long to see you,(B) so that I may be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith,(C) which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice(D) and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.

Appeal for Loyalty to Paul and the Gospel

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.(E)

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