and was a widow for eighty-four years. She did not leave the temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.
2 Timothy 1:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I thank God Whom I worship with a pure conscience, in the spirit of my fathers, when without ceasing I remember you night and day in my prayers, American Standard Version (1901) I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day Common English Bible I’m grateful to God, whom I serve with a good conscience as my ancestors did. I constantly remember you in my prayers day and night. Catholic Public Domain Version I give thanks to God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. For without ceasing I hold the remembrance of you in my prayers, night and day, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I give thanks to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that without ceasing, I have a remembrance of thee in my prayers, night and day. |
and was a widow for eighty-four years. She did not leave the temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.
He continued, ‘I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of our ancestral law. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.
Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, ‘Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience to this day.’
But I admit this to you: I worship the God of my ancestors according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing everything that is in accordance with the law and written in the prophets.
‘All the Jews know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.
I speak the truth in Christ #– #I am not lying; my conscience testifies to me through the Holy Spirit #– #
Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God’s grace.
I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
as we pray very earnestly night and day to see you face to face and to complete what is lacking in your faith?
having faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and have shipwrecked the faith.
Now the goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
The widow who is truly in need and left all alone has put her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers;
I recall your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and now, I am convinced, is in you also.
and you know that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
‘As for me, I vow that I will not sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you. I will teach you the good and right way.