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Scofield Reference Notes Book Introductions The First Epistle of Paul the
(1917 Edition) Apostle to Timothy
WRITER The Apostle Paul
DATE The date of this Epistle turns upon the question of the two
imprisonments of Paul. If there were two (see:
» See Note "Ac 28:30"
then it is clear that First Timothy was written during the
interval. If Paul endured but one Roman imprisonment, the
Epistle was written shortly before Paul's last journey to
Jerusalem.
THEME As the churches of Christ increased in number, the questions of
church order, of soundness in the faith, and of discipline became
important. At first the apostles regulated these things
directly, but the approaching end of the apostolic period made it
necessary that a clear revelation should be made for the guidance
of the churches. Such a revelation is in First Timothy, and in
Titus. The key-phrase of the Epistle is, "That thou mayest know
how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God." Well
had it been with the churches if they had neither added to nor
taken from the divine order.
The divisions are five:
I. Legality and unsound doctrine rebuked, 1.1-20
II. Prayer and the divine order of the sexes enjoined, 2.1-15
III. The qualifications of elders and deacons, 3.1-16
IV. The walk of the "good minister," 4.1-16
V. The work of the "good minister," 5.1-6.21
06572
[1] {Hymenaeus and Alexander}
It is significant as bearing upon the seriousness of all false
teaching, and particularly as related to resurrection, that Paul
calls it blasphemy to teach that "the resurrection is past already"
# 2Ti 2:17,18