Further Resources 1 Timothy 4 (ESV) Some Will Depart from the Faith 4 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2 through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, 3 who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Timothy 4

Further Resources   1 Timothy 3 (ESV) Qualifications for Overseers 3 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Timothy 3

Further Resources 1 Timothy 2 (ESV) Pray for All People 2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. 3 This is good, and … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Timothy 2

Further Resources From Law to Gospel: Seeing the Literary Structure of 1 Timothy 1 The Good News of the Law: A Meditation on 1 Timothy 1:8–11 1 Timothy 1 (ESV) Greeting 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Timothy 1

Further Resources   2 Thessalonians 3 (ESV) Pray for Us 3 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you, 2 and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful. He will establish … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 2 Thessalonians 3

Further Resources   2 Thessalonians 2 (ESV) The Man of Lawlessness 2 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 2 Thessalonians 2 (The Most Difficult Chapter in the New Testament)

Further Resources   2 Thessalonians 1 Greeting 1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Thanksgiving 3 We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 2 Thessalonians 1

Further Resources   1 Thessalonians 5 (ESV) The Day of the Lord 5 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. 2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, “There … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Thessalonians 5

Further Resources   1 Thessalonians 4 (ESV) A Life Pleasing to God 4 Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. 2 For you know what … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Thessalonians 4

Further Resources   1 Thessalonians 3 (ESV) Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, 2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, 3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Thessalonians 3