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Fragment from the Codex Freerianus (5th century AD); the lower part shows text from 2 Timothy 1:10–12. The Second Epistle to Timothy [a] is one of the three pastoral epistles traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle. [3] Addressed to Timothy, a fellow missionary, [3] it is traditionally considered to be the last epistle Paul wrote before ...
N. T. Wright, former Bishop of Durham, says that 1 Timothy 2 is the "hardest passage of all" to exegete properly. [17] A number of interpretive approaches to the text have been made by both complementarians and egalitarians. The 1 Timothy 2:12 passage is only one "side" of a letter written by Paul, and is directed at a particular group.
"Apollos": is known from 1 Corinthians 1:12, 3:4-6, 22, 4:6 and Acts 18:24, 19:1, [13] as an Alexandrian who was versed in the Scriptures, catechized by Aquila and Priscilla in the ways of the Lord. In one occasion, Paul tried to send Apollos to visit the Corinthian community again, but Apollos was reluctant to go (1 Corinthians 16:1).
The believers in Troas (cf. 2 Corinthians 2:12–13) had a "meeting" on the first day of the week (verse 7; cf. Acts 2:42), which started on Saturday night (at that time, Sunday was a working day, so the practice was to gather on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning as noted by Pliny, Ep. 10.96.7), perhaps after work for some people ...
The epistle details the roles of men and women in its second chapter, particularly the verse 1 Timothy 2:12. In the NIV translation this verse reads: I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. [27] The epistle justifies this by saying that Adam was formed before Eve, and that Eve was tricked by the ...
— Titus 1:12, New King James Version [19] "One of them, a prophet of their own": refers to Epimenides , who wrote the cited words in one of his poems. The author calls him "one of them" (one of the Cretans), since Epimenides was a Cretian by birth, of the city of Gnossus , and according to a legend was sent by his father to his sheep in the ...
2 Timothy 4:10 Γαλατιαν (to Galatia) – A D F G K L P Ψ 33 88 181 330 451 614 629 630 1241 1739 1877 1881 1962 1984 1985 2127 2492 2495 Byz Lect Γαλλιαν (to Gaul) – א C 81 104 326 436 Γαλιλαιαν (to Galilee) – cop bo. 2 Timothy 4:22 Ιησους (Jesus) – A, 104, 614, vgst
[11] "Timothy": Paul's companion mentioned multiple times in the New Testament, such as in Acts 16 –17, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, [3] and is known by the recipients of this letter. [12] "Set free": can also rendered as "set at liberty" or "dismissed" either from his current duty (sent by the apostle Paul), or released from prison. [12]