6/11/2023 0 Comments Shadows of doubt attalusTo the epistle to Titus in Irenaeus ( Adv. ⇒ See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Paul) in the prospect of it, he writes to Timothy, 'I am poured out as a drinkoffering and the time of my departure is at hand'" (comp. 3, 3,3): "The apostles delivered the episcopate to Linus of which Linus Paul makes mention in those epistles which he wrote to Timothy" (comp. 25): "And this word Paul has used to Timothy, O Timothy, keep the deposit'" (comp. 2, 383): "Concerning which the apostle writing says, 'O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thee' (comp. 1, 1, 1): "They introduce vain genealogies, which, as the apostle says, 'minister' questions, rather than godly edifying, which is ill faith" (comp. To, 1 Timothy we have direct testimony in Irenueus ( Adv. 2): "Ye were ready for every good work" (comp. 3): "Whose behavior is itself a great lesson of instruction." (The word for "behavior," κατάστημα, occurs in the New Test. To the epistle to Titus Ignatius-alludes ( Ad Trall. 5) "He has promised us that if we walk worthily of him, we shall reign with him" (comp. 6), "Please him whose soldiers ye are, and from whom you receive pay" (comp. To 2 Timothy Ignatius seems to allude when he writes to Polycarp (c. 1Ti 6:7,10) and in the letter: of the Church at Vienna and Lyons: "But the fury of the enemy chiefly fell on Attalus, a pillar and ground of our Church" (Eusebius, Hist. Knowing that we brought nothing into this world, and can carry nothing out let us put on the armor of righteousness" (comp. 4) "The root of all evils is covetousness. 1 Corinthians 29): "Let us draw nigh to him lifting up pure and undefiled hands" (comp. Reminiscences of 1 Timothy occur in Clem. The catalogues of Athanasius, of the Laodicean Council (364), of Cyril, of Epiphanius, and of Jerome contain them, and ascribe them to the apostle. They are found ascribed to Paul in the Peshito version (2nd century), in the Muratorian fragment, and in the catalogue of Eusebius, who places them among the ὁμολογούμενα. The question whether these epistles were written by Paul was one to which, till within the last half-century, hardly any answer but an affirmative one was thought possible. This is the first of the so-called Pastoral Epistles of Paul, and therefore in treating it we shall adduce many points, especially those relating to its authenticity, etc., which are applicable to two, and indeed to all three, of them.
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