1: Paulos an apostle of Iesous Christos by the will of Theos
according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus 2: To Timotheos my dearly beloved offspring
Grace mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our master 3:
I thank Theos whom I serve from my
forefathers with pure conscience that without ceasing I have remembrance of you
in my prayers night and day 4: Greatly desiring to see you being mindful
of your tears that I may be filled with joy 5: When I call to
remembrance the genuine faith that is in you which dwelt first in your
grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and I am persuaded that in you also[1] 6:
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that you stir up the gift of God which is
in you by the putting on of my hands Acts 8:9-19 7: For God
has not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound
mind 8: Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord nor
of me his prisoner but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel
according to the power of God 9: Who hath saved us and called us with an
holy calling not according to our works but according to his own purpose and
grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began 10: But
is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ who has
abolished death and has brought life and immortality to light through the
gospel 11: Whereunto I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and a
teacher of the Gentiles 12: For the which cause I also suffer these
things nevertheless I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed and am
persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against
that day[2] 13:
Hold fast the form of sound words which you have heard of me in faith and love
which is in Christ Jesus 14: That good thing which was committed unto
thee keep by the Holy Ghost who dwells in us 15: This you know that all
they in Asia be turned away from me of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes 16:
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus for he often refreshed me and
was not ashamed of my chains 17: But when he was in Rome he sought me
out very diligently and found me 18: The Lord grant unto him that he may
find mercy of the Lord in that day :12 and in how many things he served
me at Ephesus you know very well
[1] Timothy’s mother and grandmother were
Jewish believers, whose influence on Timothy was profound. Nothing is said
about his Greek father, so it is assumed that his father was either dead or
that he was alive but a follower of one or more of the pantheon of Greek gods
available to Roman citizens. If that is the case, then Timothy would have been
raised in the Father cult tradition of the Greeks, where the father was the
priest of his household, offering sacrifices to whichever patron god[s] he
chose and training Timothy to do the same, once he was grown and master over
his own household. It is significant, that by the time Timothy reached
adulthood, that it was the influence of his believing mother and grandmother
that prevailed. It is also significant, that in a society where women’s names
were not mentioned publicly (not even in court trials, unless they were
notorious for something) that Paul does not shrink from calling women by name
in his letters to the churches.
[2]
The “day” Paul refers to, is the day he will stand before the Judgment Seat of
Christ Romans 14:10, 2 Corinthians 5:10,
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