Paul & Timothy
2Tim 1,2 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Paul was writing in prison in Rome probably not long after writing Colossians during this same imprisonment as he will mention many of the same individuals in both letters. Typical of his introductions he establishes his authority as an apostle. And it was not by the will of the other apostles that he was made an apostle. For they had chosen another. But the Lord Jesus chose him personally, as He did the other apostles.
Though Paul had not led Timothy to Christ, as he had first met him as a disciple in Lystra, yet Paul reckons him a son more in an apprentice sense. Timothy was his son in the sense of imitation.
Php 2:22 But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.
Therefore he trusts Timothy to be his representative
1Cor 4:17 For this reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.
1Cor 16:10 If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is carrying on the work of the Lord, just as I am.
And what is Paul's primary prayer for his son - as perhaps should be your primary prayer for your children? That God would deal with him graciously, being merciful, and that Timothy may experience God's peace.
2Tim 1,2 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Paul was writing in prison in Rome probably not long after writing Colossians during this same imprisonment as he will mention many of the same individuals in both letters. Typical of his introductions he establishes his authority as an apostle. And it was not by the will of the other apostles that he was made an apostle. For they had chosen another. But the Lord Jesus chose him personally, as He did the other apostles.
Though Paul had not led Timothy to Christ, as he had first met him as a disciple in Lystra, yet Paul reckons him a son more in an apprentice sense. Timothy was his son in the sense of imitation.
Php 2:22 But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.
Therefore he trusts Timothy to be his representative
1Cor 4:17 For this reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.
1Cor 16:10 If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is carrying on the work of the Lord, just as I am.
And what is Paul's primary prayer for his son - as perhaps should be your primary prayer for your children? That God would deal with him graciously, being merciful, and that Timothy may experience God's peace.
