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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...

most delicate situations (1 Thess. 3:1–10; 1 Cor. 4:16–17; Hutson 1997). The same was true for Titus (2 Cor. 8:16–17; Gal. 2:1), who similarly finds his peer group among the “younger men” (Titus 2:6–8). In short, the characterization of Timothy and Titus as youthful in the PE has an air of artificiality about it. Pastoral Paul wrote to them as vehicles through whom to reach any “Timothy” or “Titus” in future generations. Throughout the commentary, I shall point out details that would have resonated
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