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Study Section 10: Pastoral Epistles

10.1 Connect.

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While going through the 10 , 11 , and 12 letters of our dear Apostle Paul, I want us to
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understand that to be in pastoral ministry it’s a joy, a great privilege, and one of the most
rewarding thing in this world. However, it does not go without challenges, and trouble. Pastoral
ministry comes with loneliness, rejection, frustrations, intimidations, disappointments, stress,
expectations, heart breaks, false accusations, suspicions, betrayal, confusions etc. For these and
many other reasons, a young pastor or someone who is aspiring to go in pastoral ministry needs
encouragement, coaching, training, mentoring etc. Paul was fully aware that Timothy and Titus needed
him to come alongside to meet the above-mentioned needs. Let’s begin…

10.2 Objectives:

1. The student shall be able to demonstrate their knowledge
of the authors of the pastoral Epistle.

2. The student shall be able to locate when and where the
books were written.
3. The student shall be able to name the recipients of the books.

4. The student shall be able to describe the occasions under which the books were written.

5. The student shall be able to describe the themes and purposes of the books.

6. The student shall be able to explain the structures and outlines of the books.

7. The student shall be able to demonstrate mastery of the atmospheres at the time of the writing of the
books.

8. The student shall be able to name the key passages in the books.

9. The student shall be able to recite the key words in the books.

10.3 1 Timothy: A Call to Sound Teaching

I will open with this section with very important information from Towner, here is what he says:
“Since about the 18th century, the letters to 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus have been
collectively called the “Pastoral Letters.” They had already, in the early centuries of the church,
been grouped together as letters to individuals (rather than to churches) that addressed
matters of discipline and order in the church. While this grouping may have been natural, it
has sometimes led to a diminished appreciation not only of the individuality of each letter, but
also of their respective contributions to Pauline theology. Today, more people recognize that

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