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1-2 Timothy and Titus: Pastoral Epistles

  1. Lesson One
    Overview of Pastorals (1 Timothy 1–6; 2 Timothy 3–4)
    20 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    False Teaching (1 Timothy 1; Titus 1–3; 2 Timothy 1–4)
    18 Activities
  3. Lesson Three
    Church Government (1 Timothy 3; Titus 1–2 Review)
    18 Activities
  4. Lesson Four
    Mentoring in Ministry (1 Timothy 1, 6, 2 Timothy 1–4 Review)
    21 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Women in Ministry (1 Timothy 2–3, 5, 1 Corinthians 11 Review)
    21 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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For all of his friends, Paul had no shortage of opponents and rivals with false teachings. Some of these false teachers were former disciples who turned on him after leaving the faith. See the table below to see all the opponents Paul cites with the reference where they appear. This exercise helps us discover evidence In the Text before we look more broadly at the context Behind the Text.

PassageOpponents and False Teachers
2 Corinthians 11:24 Jews
2 Corinthians 11:13False apostles, deceitful workers
Ephesians 6:11 The Devil
Ephesians 6:12The powers of this dark world, the spiritual forces of evil
Philippians 3:2-3The evil workers, “the false circumcision”
1 Timothy 1:19-20Hymenaeus and Alexander
2 Timothy 1:15Phygelus and Hermogenes
2 Timothy 2:16-18Hymenaeus and Philetus
2 Timothy 4:10, 14Demas and Alexander the coppersmith

Reference: Lars Kierspel, Charts on the Life, Letters, and Theology of Paul, 2012, p. 63.