New Testament / 1 Timothy / 2
- 1 Timothy 2:5 / Philo Who is the Heir of Divine Things 205
- 1 Timothy 2:2 / Baruch 1:11
- 1 Timothy 2:5 / Testament of Dan 6:2
- 1 Timothy 2:8 / 1 Enoch 84:1
- 1 Timothy 2:9 / Jonathan Isaiah 3:16
- 1 Timothy 2:9 / Proverbs 31:22
- 1 Timothy 2:14 / Pseudo Philo Biblical Antiquities 13:8
- 1 Timothy 2:14 / Sirach 25:24
Summary
Date: 65 C.E. (If authentic), 90-100 C.E. (If anonymous)
The first letter to Timothy is a pastoral epistle that covers warnings against false teachers, Paul's career and instructions to Timothy, the ordering of public worship, instructions for church leadership, and instructions for widows and slaves. Scholars are nearly unanimous that this is not an authentic Pauline letter, but was likely written decades after Paul's death by a Pauline disciple or a sympathetic commentator.