1st Timothy
To whom is this letter written, and what city was he told to remain in?
Timothy was told by Paul to remain in Ephesus.
1 Timothy 1:2–3
To Timothy, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. As I urged you when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
Who wrote 1st and 2nd Timothy
St. Paul
For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in __.
Truth
For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
3 John
The law is not made for a righteous person, but for the “lawless and ______.”
“Insubordinate.”
1 Timothy 1:9
knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
Who is the most mentioned disciple/co-apostle of Paul in the bible?
Timothy
Who are the three people John speaks about in this epistle?
Gaius, Diotrephes, Demetrius
“Now godliness with ______ is great gain.”
“Contentment.”
1 Timothy 6:6
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the ____ for the gospel according to the power of God
Sufferings
2 Timothy 1:8
Verses 5-10
Gaius (hospitality)vs Diotrephes (selfishness)If a man does not know how to do this, he cannot take care of the church of God.
Rule his own house
1 Timothy 3:5
for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?
For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a ___
Sound mind
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Who is the Elder in 3rd John?
Most probably St. John the Evangelist
Complete the verse: "A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, ____, ____, of good behavior, ____, able to teach
temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable.
1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; not [b]given to wine, not violent, [c]not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not [d]covetous; 4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence 5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); 6 not a [e]novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
What tone does 2nd Timothy carry and why?
Urgent and exhortative. St. Paul was nearing his martyrdom
List all the books written by St. John
The Gospel of John, 1 2 3 John, Revelation
Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a _____, younger men as ______, older women as _____, younger women as _____, with all ____.
father, brothers, mothers, sisters, purity
1 Timothy 5:1-2
Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.
But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from ___ you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Childhood
But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:14-15Paul says a bishop must not be a novice — why?
So he does not become “puffed up with pride” and fall into “the condemnation of the devil.”
1 Timothy 3:6
Why is 2nd Timothy most probably Paul's last letter he wrote?
He knew his martyrdom was near
“For I am already being poured out as a drink
offering, and the time of my departure is at hand” (2 Tim 4:6).
List the general ways Paul writes to Timothy about how to take care of the Church of Ephesus. need 5
how to deal with false teachers, public
worship, the spiritual responsibilities of women, the qualifications of Bishops, and Timothy’s personal conduct.