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Paul wrote his first epistle to Timothy so that the Christians at Ephesus should "know how people ought to conduct themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth." The epistle contains a wealth of practical help and guidance on the administration and care of local churches, including the roles of men and women, the appointment and...

been given power over Paul we would almost certainly have cut him off from everything respectable. We would have said, ‘This man deserves nothing, except eternal damnation.’ But God did not do as man would have done. God is so unlike men. He sees our hearts, and he knows our thoughts. Though Paul was persecuting the people of God, he thought he was doing God a service (see John 16:2). Even though he sinned, he acted in ‘ignorance and unbelief’ (1:13) and, therefore, God showed
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