| 1 Timothy 1 | |
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.jpg) Fragments showing 1 Timothy 2:2–6 on Codex Coislinianus, from ca. AD 550. | |
| Book | First Epistle to Timothy |
| Category | Pauline epistles |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 15 |
1 Timothy 1 is the first chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The author has been traditionally identified as Paul the Apostle since as early as AD 180,[1][2][3] although most modern scholars consider the letter pseudepigraphical,[4] perhaps written as late as the first half of the second century AD.[5]
This chapter opens the letter with a personal greeting or salutation, and covers an exposition about the gospel and its counterfeit, Paul's personal experience of Christ, and a charge as well as a warning to Timothy related to his call to the ministry.[6]
- ^ See the arguments on composition of the epistle.
- ^ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 24th edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1965. p. 631
- ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ^ David E. Aune, ed., The Blackwell Companion to The New Testament (Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), 9: "While seven of the letters attributed to Paul are almost universally accepted as authentic (Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, Philemon), four are just as widely judged to be pseudepigraphical, i.e. written by unknown authors under Paul's name: Ephesians and the Pastorals (1 and 2 Timothy and Titus)."
- ^ Stephen L. Harris, The New Testament: A Student's Introduction, 4th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001), 366.
- ^ Guthrie 1994, p. 1294.
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