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Begin Typing Vigil1 Timothy is more discursive and miscellaneous than 2 Timothy, but the practical, ecclesiastical motive of the epistle (3:15 ταῦτά σοι γράφω . . . ἵνα εἰδῇς πῶς δεῖ ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ ἀναστρέφεσθαι) is fairly obvious throughout its somewhat desultory contents.
After the greeting (1:1-2), Paul contrasts (1:3-17) the methods and aims of some contemporary antinomians at Ephesus with ‘the sound doctrine’ of his own gospel, of which Timotheus (1:18-20) is the natural heir. The writing then passes forward into the first (2-3) of its two sections. Regulations are given for various sides of church-life: (1) for whom (2:1f) and by whom (2:8f) prayer is to be offered—the latter direction drifting into a word on the subordination of women; and (2) the qualifications of ἐπίσκοποι (3:2-8), deacons and deaconesses (3:9-13). The closing words of the section (3:14-16) imply that such care for the worship and organisation of the church as a pillar and prop of the truth cannot wholly prevent moral aberrations and heresies; hence the second section (4-6) deals with Timotheus’ attitude towards such ascetic errors (4:1-5, 6-10, 11-16) as well as towards individual members of the church (5:1-2), particularly widows (5:3-16), presbyters (5:17f), and slaves (6:1-2).
A sharp word follows (6:3-10) on the errorists who made their religion a profitable trade, and with a solemn charge to the ‘man of God,’ the epistle closes in a doxology (6:11-16). The postscript contains a charge for wealthy Christians (6:17-19), and a warning for Timotheus himself against contemporary γνῶσις (6:20-21).
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