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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.
Fragment from the Codex Freerianus (5th century AD); the lower part shows text from 2 Timothy 1:10–12. The Second Epistle to Timothy [a] is one of the three pastoral epistles traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle. [3] Addressed to Timothy, a fellow missionary, [3] it is traditionally considered to be the last epistle Paul wrote before ...
The precedence of 1 Clement was challenged by R. Falconer, [60] while L. T. Johnson challenged the linguistic analysis as based on the arbitrary grouping of the three epistles together: he argued that this obscures the alleged similarities between 1 Timothy and 1 Corinthians, between Titus and the other travel letters, and between 2 Timothy and ...
Sermon 85: On Working out our Own Salvation - Philippians 2:12-13; Sermon 86: A Call to Backsliders - Psalm 77:7-8; Sermon 87: The Danger of Riches - 1 Timothy 6:9; Sermon 88: On Dress - 1 Peter 3:3-4; Sermon 89: The More Excellent Way - 1 Corinthians 12:31; Sermon 90: An Israelite Indeed - John 1:47 ("Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no ...
Many commentators have also connected Eunice to 2 Timothy 3:15, where Timothy is reminded, "from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings" . Albert Barnes makes this observation of Eunice: "The mother of Timothy was a pious Hebrewess, and regarded it as one of the duties of her religion to train her son in the careful ...
Another primary passage of Scripture that expositors point to is 2 Timothy 4:1–2. In this passage, Paul commands the young pastor Timothy to "preach the Word." These three simple words in their context are a strong argument for the necessity of expository preaching. The word for "preach" is a word meaning to herald.
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Thomas R. Schreiner (born April 24, 1954) is an American Particular Baptist New Testament and Pauline scholar. He is the James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.