While the letter initially was written for Timothy’s benefit, the apostle intended to instruct everyone walking in Timothy’s footsteps: in particular, pastors and ministers of all kinds. Paul’s threefold greeting, “Grace, mercy and peace,” appears nowhere else in his letters except his salutation in 1 Timothy 1:2. Given his circumstances, he might have stated, “Pain, mistreatment, and misery accompany me.” But rather than pity himself—the unfairness of his imprisonment, or his scarred, ailing body