Constantly (88) (adialeiptos from a = without + dialeipo = leave an interval or gap) means unceasing, unintermitting, continual, without intermission, incessant. This adjective is not used in a strict literal sense to imply there was never a break in his praying.
Note that this word is similar to adialeiptos (see study) (Strong's #89)
Adialeiptos has only one other NT use
that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart (Ro 9:2-note)
Here in 2 Timothy the context conveys the idea that Paul never omitted an occasion to pray. He "left the phone off of the hook" so to speak and was always ready to converse with God. He heard of a need or sensed a need and his first reflex was to pray. What a model for believers today. Oh how much more peace we would have if we would take it first to God in prayer before we act or speak.
As you can also discern Paul is writing a very personal letter, one which unmistakably shows the personal affection Paul had for Timothy ("beloved son" "longing to see you", etc - 2Ti 1:3, 4, 5, 6-see note 2Ti 1:3; 1:4; 1:5; 1:6; "my son" see 2Ti 2:1-note; "make every effort to come to me soon" - 2Ti 4:9-note).
Remember (3417) (mneia) means a recalling to mind = memory, recollection, remembrance.
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Who's Praying? - Jim Cymbala's (of the Brooklyn Tabernacle) daughter had been running from God for a long time. Chrissy had rebelled against her family, had left home, and was living as far from God as she could. But one night, this teenager awoke with the distinct feeling that someone was praying for her. And someone was. The entire congregation of the church her father pastored was talking to God about her. During their weekly prayer meeting, a member suggested they should all pray for Chrissy. Two days later, she came home. The first question she had for her startled father was this: "Who was praying for me?" She begged forgiveness and recommitted her life to Christ. In the apostle Paul's second letter to Timothy, he told the young first-century pastor that he was praying for him night and day (2Ti 1:3). Timothy was facing some big challenges, so it must have been encouraging to know that Paul was praying specifically for him. Are there some people we know who are in bondage to sin as Chrissy was, or who are facing a challenge as Timothy was? Are we willing to spend some concentrated time praying for them? Are we confident that God will answer? To influence others for God, intercede with God for others.
Commit to pray and intercede—
The battle's strong and great is the need;
And this one truth can't be ignored:
Our only help comes from the Lord.
—Sper
IN MY PRAYERS NIGHT AND DAY: en tais deesesin mou nuktos kai hêmeras: (1Sa 12:23)
What an encouragement this must have been to Timothy to know that Paul was praying without ceasing for his young disciple. Are you praying for anyone on a regular basis? Are you aware of anyone praying for you on a regular basis? Are you praying for anyone on a regular basis?
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