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1 Timothy 1:2

ESV To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
NIV To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
NASB To Timothy, my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
CSB To Timothy, my true son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
NLT I am writing to Timothy, my true son in the faith. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.
KJV Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
NKJV To Timothy, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

What does 1 Timothy 1:2 mean?

Verse 2 completes the introduction, identifying the letter's recipient and offering a standard Pauline greeting. The letter was written to Timothy, one of four personal New Testament letters by Paul. The others are 2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon. Timothy was the only person to receive two personal letters from Paul in the New Testament. Here, Timothy is called "my true child in the faith." This was a spiritual relationship, most likely meaning that Paul had led Timothy to faith in Christ. Timothy and Titus were the only two men called "true child" by Paul (Titus 1:4).

Paul's greetings frequently include the ideas of grace and peace. Paul will mention grace again in this letter in 1 Timothy 1:14, as well as in the letter's conclusion in 1 Timothy 6:21. Paul also makes a reference to mercy twice when describing his own testimony (1 Timothy 1:13, 16), emphasizing God as the reason for his salvation rather than his works (Ephesians 2:8–9). Paul will also refer to peace in 1 Timothy 2:2 in a mention of living a peaceful and quiet life.
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