2 Timothy 1:5

5. When He gives now his theme of thanks in 2 Timothy 1:3. Timothy’s faith, like Paul’s, is hereditary; both are firm Christians, as their parents were devout Jews.

Lois Here only mentioned. Eunice is referred to, but not named, in Acts 16:1, “which was a Jewess, and believed.” When Paul says that the same unfeigned faith permanently dwelt first in… Lois, he must refer to her previous faith as a devout Jewess before Jesus was preached by Paul in Lystra. In Timothy’s ancestry, then, as well as in his own, (2 Timothy 1:3,) Paul recognises that devout Hebraism was one with devout Christianity. And in this tender reminder of his maternal home, the mind of Timothy is turned back to those past days when the gospel came to Lystra, and perfected the Jewish faith, that there dwelt, into Christian faith.

I am persuaded In spite of the desertion of almost all others, in thee also. Timothy, he was persuaded, would be found “faithful among the faithless;” and thence he expected that instead of deserting him, like others, (2 Timothy 1:15,) Timothy would hasten to Rome at his call. Chap. 2 Timothy 4:9.