These letters have both a personal and an ecclesiastical significance - a benefit to the church as a whole. The Pastoral Letters to Timothy Bit by bit they came to acquire the name by which they are still known - The Pastoral Epistles. In 1274, Thomas Aquinas said of I Timothy: is as it were a pastoral rule which the Apostle “This letter delivered to Timothy.” In his introduction to 2 Timothy he writes, the first letter he gives Timothy instructions concerning “In ecclesiastical order; in this second letter he deals with a pastoral care which should be so great that it will even accept martyrdom for the sake of the care of the flock.” The Pastoral really became attached to these title, “The Epistles” letters in 1726 when the great scholar, Paul Anton, gave a series of famous lectures on them using that title. Faith = confidence in Faithful = worthy of having confidence in Minister = a servant caring out an assignment; a representative of Ministry = meeting a need; fullfiling an assigned task Patience = being continually consistent Endurance = hanging on; never giving up, finishing the task; long suffering Divinely Authorized 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration G2315 of God, gk:God-breathed θεόπνευστος and is profitable in four ways — for doctrine, • — what’s right for reproof not right • — what’s for correction, how to get right • — for instruction how to stay right • — in righteousness.
These letters have both a personal and an ecclesiastical significance - a benefit to the church as a whole. The Pastoral Letters to Timothy Bit by bit they came to acquire the name by which they are still known - The Pastoral Epistles. In 1274, Thomas Aquinas said of I Timothy: “This letter is as it were a pastoral rule which the Apostle delivered to Timothy.” In his introduction to 2 Timothy he writes, “In the first letter he gives Timothy instructions concerning ecclesiastical order; in this second letter he deals with a pastoral care which should be so great that it will even accept martyrdom for the sake of the care of the flock.” The title, “The Pastoral Epistles” really became attached to these letters in 1726 when the great scholar, Paul Anton, gave a series of famous lectures on them using that title. Faith = confidence in Faithful = worthy of having confidence in Minister = a servant caring out an assignment; a representative of Ministry = meeting a need; fullfiling an assigned task Patience = being continually consistent Endurance = hanging on; never giving up, finishing the task; long suffering Divinely Authorized 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration G2315 of God, θεόπνευστος gk:God-breathed and is profitable — in four ways • for doctrine, — what’s right • for reproof — what’s not right • for correction, — how to get right • for instruction — how to stay right in righteousness.
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