references to God as the only God (1 Tim. 1:17; 6:15) are taken up from 2 Kgs. 19:15, 19; Isa. 37:20 or from other parts of the New Testament (e.g. Rom. 16:27), as are the expressions of God’s praise in the same verses (e.g. Tob. 13:6, 10; LXX Ps. 83:4; Gal. 1:5; Phil. 4:20). Again there seem to be allusions both to Korah’s rebellion against Moses (Num. 16:5) and to Isa. 26:13 in 2 Tim. 2:19, allusions which are used to encourage the repentance of false teachers; while in 3:8 false teachers are likened
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