Books of the New Testament: Lesson 33 First and Second Timothy
(Cloze test 33)

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The three letters, 1 and 2 Timothy and , are known as because they are taken up with advice given by a to younger men who in turn would be training others for the .

Timothy’s father was but his mother was . He was converted when perhaps when Paul visited his home town of (Acts 16:1-3; 1 Tim. 1:2). later he became Paul’s missionary companion.

1 Timothy - After his first imprisonment Paul visited . When he had to leave, he left Timothy in charge of the work. Timothy, a shy and sensitive person, found being left alone a sore trial. Paul wrote to him from to encourage him and give him .

The key verse is . Timothy is advised to warn against and to stress the importance of . Clear instructions are given for and for the of a good minister.

2 Timothy is Paul’s , written while he was in a , believing the time of his departure was near. He was arrested quite suddenly at Troas and had not had time to pick up his (4:13) and his outer cloak. He was alone (4:10-12) and expected to be executed. He wrote urging Timothy to come and bring with him and some of the things he had left behind.

The key themes are , service, and Scripture.


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