Page 4 - Pastoral Epistles I & 2 Timothy, Titus

2 Timothy 2. And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses
entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.

The Apostle Paul wrote 13 letters in the New Testament.
Romans 1 and 2 Corinthians. Galatians. Ephesians. Philippians. Colossians. 1 and 2 Thessalonians. 1 and 2
Timothy. Titus. Philemon.
Ten of the 13 were written to churches. Three were written to pastors. 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus were written
to pastors, which is why we call these three letters the Pastoral Epistles.

Romans 1:1,7. Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for
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the gospel of God.
7 To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people.
 Romans was written to a church.

1 Corinthians 1:1-2. Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and
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our brother Sosthenes,
2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his
holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—
their Lord and ours.

 1 Corinthians was written to a church.
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2 Corinthians 1:1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our
brother, to the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia.
 2 Corinthians was written to a church.

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Galatians 1:1-2. Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ

and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— and all the brothers and sisterswith me, to
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the churches in Galatia:
 Galatians was written to a group of churches.
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Ephesians 1:1-2. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to God’s holy people
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in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
 Ephesians was written to a church (God’s holy people).
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Philippians 1:1-2. Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all God’s holy people in
Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons: Grace and peace to you from
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God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
 Philippians was written to a church.
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Colossians 1:1-2. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our
brother, to God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sistersin Christ: Grace and

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peace to you from God our Father.
 Colossians was written to a church.
1 Thessalonians 1:1. Paul, Silas,and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God

the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.

 1 Thessalonians was written to a church.
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