Though there’s a lot of controversy over the date this letter was written, but it is certain that Timothy was by this time a mature believer in the faith, though young in age, he could handle certain responsibility. Paul could leave him in Ephesus to put some things right, he nursed the hope of being restored (1Tim.3:14), but while he was absent, there was need for the church to be properly guided. Thus Timothy was left in Ephesus, with the purpose of ensuring that sound doctrine is promoted “1v.3,4”. It is to further strengthen this purpose that he wrote, and that “if I tarry long, you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God which is the church of the living God… (Chapter 3:15)
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Expository Study of Paul’s First Letter to Timothy
