107. Notes on Timothy

107. Notes on Timothy

107 NOTES ON TIMOTHY

INTRODUCTION "Timothy" also "Timotheus" ; mentioned twenty-one times in the New Testament.

(Acts 17:14; Acts 18:5; Acts 19:22; Acts 20:4 ; ·Romans 16:21; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 16:10;

2 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 1:19; Php 1:1; Php 2:19; Col. l:l; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:6;

2 Thessalonians 1:1; 1 Timothy 1:2; 1 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 1:2; Philemon 1:1; Hebrews 13:23)

I. HIS PARENTS 1. Father a heathen Greek-not a Greek-speaking Jew. (Acts 16:1; Acts 16:3.) 2. Mother a Jewess, Eunice; grandmother, Lois_ (2 Timothy 1:5) 3. Mother probably converted by Paul. (Acts 16:1) 4. Lived at Lystra or Derbe-more probably Lystra . (Acts 20:4) II. CONVERT OF PAUL 1. "Child in the Lord." (1 Corinthians 4:17 .) 2. "True child in the faith." (1 Timothy 1:2.) 3. "My beloved child." (2 Timothy 1:2.) 4. Best known companion of Paul.

5. Selected by Paul on second tour.

6. His circumcision. (Acts 16:3.) 7. Had a spiritual gift-maybe two. (1 Timothy 4:14; 2 Timothy 1:6.) III. TRAVELS AND LABORS WITH PAUL 1. Selected on second tour. (Acts 16:3.) 2. With him at Berea. (Acts 17:14.) 3. Sent for Timothy at Athens. (Acts 17:15.) 4. Timothy comes to Paul. (1 Thessalonians 3:1-3 -) 5. Finds him at Corinth. (Acts 18:5.) 6. Timothy salutes church at Rome. (Romans 16:21 -) IV. SALUTATIONS OF TIMOTHY 1. Four letters (2 Corinthians 1:1; Php 1:1; Colossians 1:1; Philemon 1:1.) 2. Associated with Silvanus. (1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1.) 3. With Paul on third tour. (Acts 19:22.) 4. Again at Corinth . (1 Corinthians 16:8; 1 Corinthians 16:10.) 5. At Rome when he wrote prison letters.

6. Sent to Ephesu s. (1 Timothy 1:3.) 7. Timothy at Ephesus when Paul wrote first letter.