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FIRST See also:EPISTLE TO See also:TIMOTHY
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This See also:book of the New Testament is really a See also:pastoral See also:letter upon See also: The See also:finale of this See also:section (iii . 15-16) leads, by way of contrast, to a See also:sharp prophetic warning against contemporary errorists(iv . 1 seq.), with See also:advice upon the proper management of various classes of See also:people within the Church (v . 1 seq.) . See also:Special See also:attention is given to the ecclesiastical widows " (3 seq.) and to presbyters (17 seq.) . After a word on slaves and masters (vi . 1-2), the See also:epistle recurs to the errorists (vi . 3 seq.), passing into a warning against See also:wealth (6 seq.) and an impressive closing See also:charge (II seq.) . The writing closes with the , Xaptn O' vlliav of See also:verse 21 . The context and contents of vi . 17-21a suggest that it is a later See also:interpolation, such as writings on church discipline were i The same See also:motive occurs in the See also:preface to See also:Irenaeus's See also:treatise, Adv. ivies . |
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