The Surly Curmudgeon

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We continue with our study of Paul’s pastoral letters to Timothy. Paul admits his unintentional sin of persecuting the church. We examine the relationship of persecution and church solidarity.

We begin a new Becky Bereans study of Paul’s pastoral epistles to Timothy with a review of their ministry together before beginning a discussion of the 1 Timothy text.

A friend asked me what I thought these few verses mean. Taken in isolation, this passage is indeed a little confusing, so I took a few minutes to analyze it, and here’s what I came up with.