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Paul wrote this letter to Timothy after he had left him in Ephesus and went on to Macedonia. You will recall that this took place between the two imprisonments of Paul at Rome. The occasion was the special needs that Timothy had while he continued to minister to the church at Ephesus. That congregat
2:19), to the Thessalonians (I Thess. 3:2, 6), and to the Ephesians (I Tim. 1:3). Paul, rather than going to the Corinthians himself, sent Timothy “who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ” (I Cor. 4:17). Later in the same letter Paul says that Timothy “worketh the work of
In view of the increasing amount. of opposition and doctrinal error attacking the church, Paul emphasized the need for doctrinal purity. This is true with all these pastoral epistles. According to Tenney, New Testament Survey page 342, we quote, "Because of this menace, there is a greater stress on
To underscore the urgency of it Paul reminds Timothy of the time of his entrance into the ministry as an evangelist. Says he, "according to, the prophecies which went before on thee." The construction here in the Greek is peculiarly Greek. The preposition "on (epiin Greek) thee" is that employed to
We see this also from 1 Timothy 1:18: This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy and from 2 Timothy 2:1: Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Additionally, Paul thought highly of Timothy as a fellow believer and preacher. 1 Corinthians 4:17 shows this: For this ca
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." Beloved in the Lord Jesus Christ, the introduction to the sermon tonight will be extraordinarily long. It is not only an intro
I should know that. Thirteen soon, but adopted by an uncle and aunt who raised him from the year of five years until now. Adopted him as their own. We must understand tonight, and Mike, you must understand that when God places in our homes adopted children, they are just as much of the covenant