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The Pastoral Letters—1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus—have made an enduring contribution to understanding the role of pastors in the church. With a spirited devotion to the text, Robert Yarbrough helps unlock the meaning of these short but rich letters in this commentary. In keeping with the character of Pillar New Testament Commentary volumes, The Letters to Timothy and Titus offers a...

is or should be expected to constitute a homiletics guide. But Christian assemblies were led by those “whose work is preaching and teaching” (1 Tim 5:17). Like the Shema, which calls God’s people to “hear” (Deut 6:4), Paul affirms that saving faith arises from listening to a word proclaimed (Rom 10:17; Gal 3:2, 5). Accordingly, Paul writes, “Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching” (1 Tim 4:13). Even if the PE are not a homiletics guide, they
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