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Drawing from many parts of the broad Christian tradition, this commentary on First and Second Timothy and Titus helps readers gain a stronger understanding of early Christian ministry in the first two centuries. Paideia commentaries show how the texts use ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies to form and shape the reader and provide a fresh reading of the biblical texts in light of ancient...

circumstances. Some of those circumstances include opposition from fellow Christians (4:10, 14) and arrest (4:16). All this recapitulates the opening charge (1:6–18), underscoring the purpose of the whole letter, which exhorts Timothy to pass along the tradition to future generations, regardless of opposition. This section evokes the coming of Jesus for judgment at the end of the present age as motivation for the commands that follow. 4:1–2. Proclaim
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