First Epistle to Timothy

Timothy is a messenger of Paul's doctrine. The books 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy are mostly concerned with presentation of correct doctrine. We see Paul's first direction to Timothy in 1 Tim 1: 4 "Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do." Therefore, that we can conclude that Timothy was a great student of Paul's teachings, but also he was clearly in need of Paul's continuing support to maintain correct…

2 Timothy The book of 2 Timothy is the second of two pastoral letters or epistles sent to Timothy by Paul while he was a prisoner in Rome. It was written sometime before Paul’s death in AD 66 (Hindson & Towns, 2013, p. 500) and probably written around four years after he wrote 1 Timothy and told Timothy to “fight the good fight” (1 Tim 1:18). The dominant theme of 2 Timothy is the church's departure from the truth (Hindson & Towns, 2013, p. 498) however, the letter is broken down further into…

chapter. The first terms which stand out to me are “pseudepigrapha” and “Pastoral Epistles”. According to my reading in Chapter 12 pseudepigrapha refers to false writings and commonly referring to ancient non canonical Jewish and Christian literary text, many were written pseudonymously. Pastoral Epistles are letters in the New Testament that Paul allegedly wrote to Timothy and Titus. The second terms that stand out to are “Undisputed Pauline Epistles” and “Deutero-Pauline Epistles”.…

Paul epistles In studying the 13 letters written by Paul, we can lay them in two categories, the church, and to people. To the churches are Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians, Colossians and 1 and 2 Thessalonians. To people, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon. After Paul conversion, his goal was to reach the Jews and Gentile and teach them the way a Christian should live. He warns them that there is no excuse for anyone to say that there is no God. He further…

debated for quite some times, and this essay will address issues concerning who wrote Hebrews and the evidence that suggest whether or not the Apostle Paul was the original writer of the Hebrews. First of all, the Book of Hebrew is not considered a letter such as the other epistles written by Paul. It was a book that was written to the Jews that had been converted not to revert back to Judaism. Because of persecution, many decided to return to the old way which was based on…

The purpose of this study is not to prove the authenticity of the Pastoral Epistles. This work is an attempt, to evaluate some of the most important arguments that have been made against Pauline authorship.Some of the objections to Paul’s authorship of the Pastorals focus on the linguistic characters of the letters, historical background of the letters, organization of the church and the doctrinal content of the letters. The Linguistic Character of the Pastorals…

At the heart of the debate concerning women in office, all scholars and pastors address 1 Timothy 2:11-12. Those who do not affirm women in office argues that Paul specifically states "Let women learn in quietness.... I do not permit women to teach or to exercise authority over a man... she is to remain quiet." In order to best understand Paul 's statement, we must focus on three words which are "quietness (ἡσυχίᾳ),"permit (ἐπιτρέπω)," and "exercise authority (αὐθεντεῖν)." "Quietness... (γυνὴ ἐν…

those who have passed away as well as the return of Jesus and how it will take place and is serving as a reminder to the church to comfort and uplift each other with the promises God has made. Genre The book of 1 Thessalonians is an epistle, the format of epistles are more conversational and less strict or serious (Green, 72), this makes it more personal and very…

from Jewish Christians. The main issue the Galatians takes on is the relationship between the Law and salvation. Furthermore, Paul takes the opportunity to address those that doubted his apostleship and the authenticity of his message. He spends the first two chapters of the letter defending his apostleship and the message of his gospel. In the third and fourth chapters he defends and elaborates on his message and clearly draws the line for the Galatians between the Law and salvation so that…

salvation. We can answer this question using the Hermeneutical guidelines, and help answer this difficult questions. When we go to answer this question we need to look to the context of the writings of Romans, and Ephesians, follow the guidelines for an Epistle, finally look at commentaries or outside help to answer this question. To begin with, we need to look at the context, context, context of Romans 9:6-20 which states “in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: not by works but…