1 Timothy
New Testament · Pauline Letters · 6 chapters
Advice to Timothy on leading a church: sound teaching, worship, qualities of leaders and care for different groups.
ChurchDiscipleshipFaith
Context
- Genre
- Letter
- Authorship
- Traditionally attributed to PaulThe pastoral letters (1–2 Timothy, Titus) are debated: some attribute them to Paul, others to a disciple.
- Audience
- Timothy, who helps the church in Ephesus.
- Original language
- Greek
- In the original
- εὐσέβειαeusebeia — godliness, piety
- Related texts
- 2 Timothy 1–4 · the next letter to TimothyTitus 1–3 · a close letter