2 Tim. 1:2). Paul used the title “brother” to designate other believers: Quartus (Rom. 16:23), Sosthenes (1 Cor. 1:1), Apollos (1 Cor. 16:12), and an anonymous associate (2 Cor. 8:18; 12:18). B. Readers (1:2a) Although only one group is in mind, they are characterized in four ways. 1. They were saints The term “saints” is a synonym for Christian believers. It literally means “the set-apart ones” (tois hagiois). It is an adjective which is used with noun force and which comes from a verb that is normally
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