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The First Epistle to Timothy [a] is one of three letters in the New Testament of the Bible often grouped together as the pastoral epistles, along with Second Timothy and Titus. The letter, traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul , consists mainly of counsels to his younger colleague and delegate Timothy regarding his ministry in Ephesus (1:3).
The pastoral epistles are a group of three books of the canonical New Testament: the First Epistle to Timothy (1 Timothy), the Second Epistle to Timothy (2 Timothy), and the Epistle to Titus. They are presented as letters from Paul the Apostle to Timothy and to Titus. However, many scholars believe they were written after Paul's death.
There are two letters to Timothy attributed to Paul the Apostle, the First Epistle to Timothy and the Second Epistle to Timothy. These – along with the Epistle to Titus – are called the Pastoral Epistles, and are considered pseudepigraphic by some modern scholars, including Bart Ehrman, Raymond Collins, and David E. Aune. [32] [33] [34]
The author is identified as "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ" (James 1:1). James (Jacob, Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, romanized: Ya'aqov, Ancient Greek: Ιάκωβος, romanized: Iakobos) was an extremely common name in antiquity, and a number of early Christian figures are named James, including: James the son of Zebedee, James the Less, James the son of Alphaeus, and James ...
The Letters to the Thessalonians (Anchor 32B; New Haven, CT: Doubleday, 2000). Nes, Jermo van (11 December 2019). "The Pastoral Epistles: Common Themes, Individual Compositions? An Introduction to the Quest for the Origin(s) of the Letters to Timothy and Titus". Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters. 9 (1– 2): 6– 29.
Epistle of James "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ" James, brother of Jesus: An unknown James "To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion" [2] First Epistle of Peter "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ" Simon Peter: Maybe Simon Peter "To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia" [3] Second ...
Here is a comparison of a passage from the First Letter to Timothy in the New King James Version, the New International Version, and the New International Reader's Version: NKJV "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles ...
The shorter portion of Newton's dissertation was concerned with 1 Timothy 3:16, which reads (in the King James Version): . And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.