Saturday, May 12, 2018

Pauline Epistles Background SERIES: 1 TIMOTHY

Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith:
1 Timothy 1:2

"Paul often sent Timothy to churches as his representative (1 Cor. 4:17; 16:10; Phil. 2:19; 1 Thess. 3:2). And 1 Timothy finds him on another assignment, serving as pastor of the church at Ephesus
(1:3). According to (Heb. 13:23), Timothy was imprisoned somewhere and released.

The letter claims Paul as its author (1:1), and it is filled with Pauline themes and even contains a brief autobiography (1:11-15). ... acceptance dates as far back as Polycarp, Clement of Rome, Irenaeus, Tertullian, and Clement of Alexandria.

Paul wrote 1 Timothy from Macedonia (in A.D. 62 or 63). He sent the letter to Timothy, whom he had left at Ephesus."
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