Timothy 8/22/2016

Acts 16:1-5

Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

16:1 Paul¹ came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. 2 He was well spoken of by the brothers² at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4 As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. 5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily.

Footnotes

[1] 16:1 Greek He

[2] 16:2 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 40

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1 Corinthians 4:14-17

14 I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15 For though you have countless¹ guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 16 I urge you, then, be imitators of me. 17 That is why I sent² you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ,³ as I teach them everywhere in every church.

Footnotes

[1] 4:15 Greek you have ten thousand

[2] 4:17 Or am sending

[3] 4:17 Some manuscripts add Jesus

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