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Definition of First epistle to timothy
1. Noun. A New Testament book containing Saint Paul's first epistle to Timothy; contains advice on pastoral matters.
Generic synonyms: Epistle
Group relationships: New Testament
Lexicographical Neighbors of First Epistle To Timothy
Literary usage of First epistle to timothy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1856)
"In the first Epistle to Timothy, the same persons, doctrines, and practices are
reprobated, which are condemned in the second. Compare 1 Tim. iv. ..."
2. Works by Jean Calvin, Calvin translation society (1856)
"THE ARGUMENT ON THE first epistle to timothy. THIS Epistle appears to tue to have
been written more for the sake of others than for the sake of Timothy, ..."
3. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1876)
"THE first epistle to timothy. CHAPTER V. VERSES 17-25. FROM Widows St. Paul turns
to the duties, dangers, and claims of the Presbytery. Verse 17. ..."