Timothy or Timothy of Ephesus was an early Christian evangelist and the first Christian bishop of Ephesus, who tradition relates died around the year AD 97.
19 Facts About Saint Timothy
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Saint Timothy was from the Lycaonian city of Lystra or of Derbe in Asia Minor, born of a Jewish mother who had become a Christian believer, and a Greek father.
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The New Testament indicates that Saint Timothy traveled with Paul the Apostle, who was his mentor.
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Saint Timothy is addressed as the recipient of the First and Second Epistles to Timothy.
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Saint Timothy was a native of Lystra or of Derbe in Lycaonia.
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When he returned a few years later with Silas, Saint Timothy was already a respected member of the Christian congregation, as were his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice, both Jews.
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Saint Timothy is said to have been acquainted with the Scriptures since childhood.
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In 1 Corinthians 16:10, there is a suggestion that he was by nature reserved and timid: "When Saint Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord".
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Saint Timothy became St Paul's disciple, and later his constant companion and co-worker in preaching.
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When Paul went on to Athens, Silas and Saint Timothy stayed for some time at Beroea and Thessalonica before joining Paul at Corinth.
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Saint Timothy next appears in Acts during Paul's stay in Ephesus, and in late AD 56 or early 57 Paul sent him forth to Macedonia with the aim that he would eventually arrive at Corinth.
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Saint Timothy arrived at Corinth just after Paul's letter 1 Corinthians reached that city.
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Saint Timothy's name appears as the co-author on 2 Corinthians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, and Philemon.
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That Saint Timothy was jailed at least once during the period of the writing of the New Testament is implied by the writer of Hebrews mentioning Saint Timothy's release at the end of the epistle.
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Saint Timothy is the protagonist of Gore Vidal's novel Live from Golgotha.
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The author of this epistle writes to Saint Timothy concerning the organization of the church and Saint Timothy's own leadership within the body.
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Saint Timothy entreats Timothy to come to him before winter, and to bring Mark with him.
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The Acts of Saint Timothy is a work of New Testament apocrypha, most likely from the 5th century.
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The Acts of Saint Timothy contain almost as much material about John the Evangelist, who was a resident of Ephesus as they do about Saint Timothy.