1 & 2 Timothy Flashcards
1 Timothy - Overview
Theme: Paul instructs Timothy how to pastor the church in Ephesus.
Author: Paul
Date/Location: A.D. 60-62 from Macedonia
Audience: Timothy his protégé
1 Timothy 1
Dealing with False Doctrine
Silence false teachers (1:3 - 11)
Paul’s testimony and teaching of true doctrine (1:12 - 17)
Timothy charged to keep the faith (1:18 - 20)
1 Timothy 2 - 3
Dealing with church organization
Jesus is the savior of the church (2:1 - 8)
Women in the church (2:9 - 15)
Qualifications for elders (3:1 - 8)
Qualifications of deacons (3:9 - 16)
1 Timothy 4
Dealing with the church teachers
Description of the false teachers (4:1 - 5)
Requirements for the true teacher (4:6 - 16)
1 Timothy 5 - 6:2
Dealing with church members
Instruction concerning men, women, and widows in the church (5:1 - 16)
Instructions concerning elders (5:17 - 25)
Instructions concerning slaves and masters (6:1 - 2)
1 Timothy 6
Dealing with your life
Abstain from false doctrine (6:3 - 5)
Pursue godliness (6:6 - 7)
Abstain from greed (6:8 - 10)
Pursuits of the man of God (6:11 - 16)
Instruction for the rich (6:17 - 19)
Charge for Timothy to guard the truth (6:20 - 21)
2 Timothy - Overview
Theme: A manual for ministry.
Author: Paul
Date: During 2nd Roman imprisonment shortly before his death in A.D. 66-67.
Audience: Paul’s last letter to Timothy.
2 Timothy 1
Continue in ministry
Greetings (1 - 7)
Exhortation not to be ashamed of Jesus and His Gospel (1:8 - 18)
2 Timothy 2
Successful ministers
Man of God as a soldier, athlete and farmer (2:1 - 7)
Jesus and Paul as examples to follow (2:8 - 13)
Pastor as a hard worker (2:14 - 19)
Vessels for the kingdom (2:20-21)
The patience of the Lord’s bond-servant (2:22 - 26)
2 Timothy 3
Apostasy
Preview of apostates (3:1 - 9)
Scripture is key to defeating apostasy (3:10 - 17)
2 Timothy 4
Continue the fight of faith
Preach the word (4:1 - 5)
Paul’s fight is over (4:6 - 8)
Paul’s desire to see fellow believers (4:9 - 22)
