According to the commandment (κατ' επιταγην). A late Koine word (Polybius, Diodorus), but a Pauline word also in N.T. This …

Introduction.

I. NOTICES OF THE LIFE OF TIMOTHY.

Nearly all that can now be known of Timothy is to be learned from the New Testament.…

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ.—The letter to Timothy, though addressed to a very dear and intimate friend, was sent with a twof…

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;

Christ is our hope…

In keeping with the custom of that day, every one of Paul’s thirteen letters begins with his name. Born a Roman citizen (Acts 22:27–28)…

Paul an apostle. If he had written to Timothy alone, it would have been unnecessary to claim this designation and to maintain it in the ma…

Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ
His name was well known to Timothy, and very dear to him; and so was his office as a…

Jesus Christ is a Christian's hope; all our hopes of eternal life are built upon him, and Christ is in us the hope of glory.

The apostle see…

1. This letter is divided into the greeting and the main me age, which begins with the phrase as I urged you.

   In the …