What Does 2 Timothy 1:5 Mean in the King James?
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
In Greek, “faith” and “I am persuaded” share a word-family: the trust dwelling in you is something another recognizes with confidence.
THE MEANING
The trust in you has a living history: it first made its home in Lois, then Eunice, and is present in you as well. The verse holds continuity and personal reality together: this trust is unfeigned in each person in whom it dwells.
THE ROOT
πίστις
pistis
GROWS FROM
πειθ
peith
To persuade or bring to trust; to be persuaded.
The verse joins “faith” and “I am persuaded”: both come from the Greek word-family of peithō. Trust here is not just named; its presence is recognized with confidence.
ALSO GROWS
peithō: Persuade, convince; in the middle or passive, trust or be persuaded.
πείθω
This is the verb behind “I am persuaded,” linking Timothy’s trust to the speaker’s confidence that it is present in him.
pepeismai: I am persuaded, convinced.
πέπεισμαι
This is the form used in the verse; it makes the shared root audible between faith and persuasion.
ἐνῴκησεν
enoikēsen
GROWS FROM
οἰκ
oik
House, home; by extension, inhabit or make a dwelling.
“Dwelt” presents trust as an inhabitant, not merely an example remembered. The sequence of Lois, Eunice, and Timothy names each person as a home where that trust is present.
ALSO GROWS
oikos: House or household.
οἶκος
The house-word beneath “dwelt” gives the trust in the verse the image of something at home within a person.
katoikeō: Dwell, settle, inhabit.
κατοικέω
This related verb uses the same οἰκ root and echoes the verse’s picture of trust taking up residence.
THE PATTERN
What is held inwardly can be lived and carried forward through relationships across generations.
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;THE THREAD
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,Ephesians uses the same dwelling root, οἰκ (oik), and the same faith-word, πίστις (pistis): faith is where Christ dwells in the heart. That shared language opens Timothy’s family image further: trust can make its home in each person who carries it.
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