Bible Language English. "From a child" he learned to "know the Holy Scriptures" daily. The instructions and prayers of his pious mother and grandmother, and the preaching of Paul during his first visit to Lystra, A. D. 48, resulted in the conversion of Timothy and his introduction to the ministry which he so adorned. Paul calls him not only his dearly beloved son, but also his brother, the companion of his labors, and a man of God; observing that none was more united with him in heart and mind than Timothy, Romans 16:21 1 1 Corinthians 4:17 2:1 Col 1:1 1Ti 1:2,18. at Ephesus (Ac 19:22).

He was with Paul during circumcising him so that his Greek ancestry would not be a liability in working all."

He was a prisoner in a Roman dungeon when he wrote 2 Timothy, approximately AD 67. Various defects have been alleged to exist in Timothy's character. 4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.

So, he left Timothy to teach truth to the church there while Paul went on to Macedonia. When Paul was in prison and awaiting martyrdom, he summoned his faithful friend Timothy for a last farewell.[10]. He was a resident, and apparently a native, either of Lystra or Derbe, cities which were visited and evangelized by Paul on his 1st missionary journey (Acts 14:6). Timothy evidently remained with Paul during the year and six months of his residence in Corinth, and also throughout this missionary journey to its end. At Ephesus alone more than two years were spent. All rights reserved. Circumcised:Paul was willing to agree to this being done, on account of the fact that Timothy's mother was a Jewess. Timothy helped Paul to establish churches at Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea (Acts 16:1 – 17:14). Titus) themselves claim Paul as their author (1:1; 2Ti 1:1; Tit 1:1). From this point onward it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to trace the course of Paul's journeys, but he tells us that he had left Timothy as his delegate or representative in Ephesus (1 Timothy 1:3); and soon thereafter he wrote the First Epistle to Timothy, in which he gave full instructions in regard to the manner in which he should conduct the affairs of the Ephesian church, until Paul himself should again revisit Ephesus: "These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly" (1 Timothy 3:14). 3. 2 Timothy 1:6 should be viewed in the light of 1 Timothy 4:14.

King Saul When Saul began ruling as the first king of Israel, he was humble. When the apostle returned to Lystra, about A. D. 51, the brethren spoke highly of the merit and good disposition of Timothy; and the apostle determined to take him along with him, for which purpose he circumcised him at Lystra, Acts 16:3. (Acts 16:3) Henceforth Timothy was one of his most constant companions. The father's name is unknown; he was a Greek, i.e. Accordingly he sent on before him "into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus" (Acts 19:22).12.

Timothy accompanied him into Greece, where they abode three months.14. When Paul was imprisoned in Rome for two years, Timothy was right alongside him much of the time unselfishly taking care of Paul’s needs. Although not stated in the bible, other sources have records of the apostle's death. objections have been raised in recent years on the basis of an alleged uncharacteristic the apostle's first imprisonment (Php 1:1; Col 1:1; Phm 1).

It is probable that of these two cities, it was Lystra treat was Timothy's native place. Augustine extols his zeal and disinterestedness in immediately forsaking his country, his house, and his parents, to follow the apostle, to share in his poverty and sufferings. Yet, he also knew Paul survived. The apocryphal Acts of Timothy states that in the year 97 AD, the 80-year-old bishop tried to halt a procession in honor of the goddess Diana by preaching the gospel.

"The position which Timothy occupied in Ephesus, as it is described in 1 Timothy, cannot without doing the greatest violence to history be called that of a bishop, for the office of bishop existed only where the one bishop, superior to the presbytery, represented the highest expression of the common church life.

From Greece the apostle once more set his face toward Jerusalem, Timothy and others accompanying him (Acts 20:4). know.

To Corinth Again:From Ephesus Paul wrote the First Epistle to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:8), and in it he mentioned (1 Corinthians 16:10) that Timothy was then traveling to Corinth, apparently a prolongation of the journey into Macedonia. The office was for life, and confined to the local church. Instructions concerning False Teaching Timothy. After commending him to a kind reception from the Corinthians, Paul proceeded to say that Timothy was to return to him from Corinth; that is, Timothy was to bring with him a report on the state of matters in the Corinthian church. Philippians 2:22 But you know Timothy's approved worth--how, like a child working .../t/timothy's.htm - 6k, Piety (21 Occurrences)... Lat.

Paul's First Letter to Timothy(WEB), 1 Thessalonians 1:1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. When they got to Ephesus, Paul recognized some men in the church were teaching error about Jesus saying that Jesus could not have been a man and God at the same time. In order to conciliate the Jewish Christians, who would otherwise have caused trouble, which would have weakened Timothy's position and his work as a preacher of the gospel, Paul took Timothy and circumcised him.6.

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