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After a lengthy period during which scholars paid relatively little attention to the Pastoral Epistles, a spate of studies has suddenly appeared in print. However, except for a small number of commentaries, critical scholars have by and large neglected evangelical scholarship on these letters. To fill in this gap, this volume offers a collection of important essays written by evangelicals on 1 &...

Christian teaching centered on the gospel, and it is diametrically opposed to the empty speculation that results in endless controversies and divisions. The initial charge by Paul to Timothy, introduced by Καθὼς παρεκάλεσά σε (“Inasmuch as I charged you”), is clear enough from context (though many translations translate it with the milder “just as I urged you”). Somewhat more difficult to understand is Paul’s reason for his charge. In 1:3b–4 (all
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