Introduction to 1 Timothy

A.Relationships with various groups (5:1-2)

B.Responsibility toward widows (5:3-16)

C.Instructions for elders (5:17-25)

D.Instructions for slaves (6:1-2)

VII.Conclusion (6:3-21)

A.Motives of false teachers (6:3-5)

B.Warning against materialism (6:6-19)

C.Final charge to Timothy (6:20-21)

Paul is born in Tarsus of Cilicia. 5

Paul’s conversion to Christ as he travels to Damascus 34

Paul takes Titus and Barnabas from Antioch to Jerusalem for the Jerusalem Council. 49

Paul and Silas return to Lystra and take Timothy with them as they travel through Asia Minor to Troas. 50

Timothy ministers with Paul and Silas in Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea. 50

Paul has to flee Berea; he leaves Timothy and Silas to continue the work. 51

Timothy rejoins Paul in Athens and brings word of the work in Macedonia. 51

Timothy returns to Thessalonica to encourage the new believers. 51-52

Timothy joins Paul in his ministry in Corinth, bringing word of progress in Thessalonica. 52

Timothy comes to Ephesus to work with Paul during Paul’s three-year ministry. 54-56

Paul sends Timothy with the 1 Corinthians letter to the troubled church in Corinth. 56

While ministering in Ephesus, Paul sends Titus to mediate the conflict between Paul and the church at Corinth. 56

Paul comes to Corinth in person and from there he writes the letter to the Romans. 57

Upon his release from his first imprisonment, Paul goes to Ephesus and appoints Timothy as chief pastor. 62

Paul writes 1 Timothy and Titus. 62-64

Paul commissions Titus to train leaders for the young Christian congregations on Crete. 62-64

Major persecution of the Christians in Rome begins following the great fire. July 18-24, 64

Paul returns to Rome, is arrested, and writes 2 Timothy from the Mamertine Prison. 67?

Paul’s martyrdom in Rome. 67?