1 Timothy Apostle Paul

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In the book 1 Timothy Apostle Paul sent Timothy a letter to counsel and encourage Timothy because as a young minister he was facing all sorts of pressures, conflicts, and challenges from the church and from the surrounding culture. Paul writes to Timothy about false teachings, responsibility, worship, leadership in the church, gratitude, and much more. After reading the book of 1 Timothy and the readings for this week I believe that 1 Timothy was both radical and ordinary. I believe that Jesus was speaking through Paul as he was writing the letter to Timothy so I would say that in 1 Timothy Jesus was radical because He changed the way the Jews viewed things. Jesus did not make everything about rules, He wanted to build a relationship with His

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