1 Timothy
The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy, usually referred to
simply as First Timothy and often written 1 Timothy, is one of
three letters in New Testament of the Bible often grouped
together as the Pastoral Epistles, the others being Second
Timothy and Titus. The letter, traditionally attributed to
Saint Paul, consists mainly of counsels to his y...
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The Epistles to Timothy and Titus are called the Pastoral
Epistles, because they are principally devoted to directions
about the work of the pastor of a church. The First Epistle
was probably written from Macedonia, A.D. 65, in the
interval between St. Paul's first and second imprisonments
at Rome. The absence of any local reference but that i...
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Paul in this epistle speaks of himself as having left
Ephesus
for Macedonia (1:3), and hence not Laodicea, as
mentioned in the
subscription; but probably Philippi, or some other
city in that
region, was the place where this epistle was
written. During the
interval between his first and second imprisonments
he probably
visited the scenes o...
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FIRST EPISTLE. Its authenticity as Paul's writing, and its
canonical authority as inspired, were universally recognized
by the early church with the solitary exception of the
Gnostic Marcion. 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy are in the Peshito
Syriac of the second century. The Muratorian Fragment on the
canon in the same century acknowledges them. The ...
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