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디모데전서 영어해설
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Paul's first letter to Timothy Paul
spent many years traveling about and
starting new churches and he developed a
large team of co-workers in this mission
Timothy was one of these Paul was once
in the city of Lystra and he met
Timothy's faithful mother and
grandmother and he was impressed by
Timothy's passion and devotion to Jesus
and so Paul mentored him for many years
and eventually started sending him on
missions to different churches and so
when Paul got word about a group of
leaders who infiltrated the influential
Church in Ephesus they were spreading
incorrect views about Jesus and what it
means to follow him he sent Timothy to
confront these leaders and restore order
to this church so after Timothy arrived
there Paul sent this letter to follow up
and instruct him on how to fulfill this
mission the letter has a really cool
design there's an opening and closing
Commission to Timothy to go confront
these leaders in their bad theology and
the nice around to large central
sections that are full of really
practical instructions about the
problems that Timothy faced in the
Ephesian Church and then finally all
these sections are linked together or
concluded by a series of three poems
that each exalt the risen Jesus as the
king of the world
let's dive in and you'll see how it
works Paul opens by recalling how he
sent Timothy to Ephesus to confront
these leaders who were spreading their
strange teaching and he describes how
these guys are obsessed with speculating
about the Torah specifically the early
stories and genealogies in the book of
Genesis and as we'll see they had
developed all kinds of weird teachings
about food and marriage and sex that
weren't consistent with the teachings of
Jesus or the Apostles he even names some
of these people Alexander and hymenaeus
and he describes how their teaching has
divided the church it's generated
controversy and Paul says this is
actually the first clear sign that their
teaching is distorted when genuine
Christian teaching is done its faithful
to the way of Jesus and it results in
love and genuine faith and he says the
purpose of the Torah anyway isn't to
fuel speculation rather its purpose is
to expose the truth about the human
condition as it did for Paul correct
teaching about the Torah will lead
people to see the grace of God revealed
in the Messiah who
to save sinful broken people and so Paul
closes here with a poem that honors King
Jesus over all and he calls Timothy to
shut these men and their faults teaching
down he then addresses very specific
problems in this church caused by the
false teachers first of all he calls
Timothy to hold regular church prayer
gatherings to pray for the governing
leaders of Rome and for peace because
peace in the land
it creates an ideal setting for Jesus's
followers to keep spreading their
message about the God of peace who wants
all people to be saved the God who sent
Jesus as the only mediator to give his
life as a ransom for all in contrast to
the false teachers Paul reminds Timothy
that God wants to rescue the whole world
and prayer is going to keep this at the
forefront of their minds Paul then
addresses problems related to men and
women who are being influenced by these
corrupt leaders in Ephesus so he first
shuts down a group of men who were
getting drawn into angry theological
disputes started by the teachers he says
these guys should learn how to pray then
he confronts a group of wealthy women in
the church who were treating the sunday
gathering like a fashion show they were
dressing so upscale that they would
shame most of the other people who
couldn't afford such a wardrobe and not
only that but some of these women were
also usurping leadership positions in
the church and they were teaching others
the bad theology of the corrupt teachers
and so Paul shuts these women down he
says they should not teach or lead in
the church and then it goes on to
explore the story of Adam and Eve and
the serpent from Genesis chapter 3 now
this is one of those sections in Paul's
letters where like Peter said he's kind
of hard to understand there are many
different views about what Paul meant
here some think that Paul is prohibiting
women from ever teaching or leading men
in any church and that his comments
about Adam and Eve are about how God has
ordered that only men should be leaders
in the church there are others who think
that Paul is prohibiting women from
having leadership authority over men in
a church but that once educated women
should and can teach as leaders in a
church under male leadership and there
are still others who think that Paul is
only prohibiting these win
in Ephesus and that is comments about
Adam and Eve are a comparison of how
these women have been deceived by the
false teachers which ever view you take
Paul is clear that these Ephesian women
need to come under Timothy's leadership
and get a proper theological education
and the goal is to help them grow so
that they could one day become like the
outstanding female ministers that Paul
mentions in his other letters like
Phoebe or Junia or Priscilla Paul
continues to address this leadership
crisis and he calls Timothy to appoint a
small healthy team of husbands and
fathers who will act like elders or
overseers for the church these should be
men of outstanding character and
integrity and they will work alongside a
team of deacons it's a Greek word that
means servant and these are men and
women who actually lead and do the
ministries of the church and they are to
have the same kind of character as the
elders and altogether these people
should be known for healthy
relationships and their families because
that will demonstrate their ability to
lead in the church which is God's family
and the way of life that they live all
together it's consistent with the story
about Jesus which is explored in the
closing poem about his incarnation his
death his resurrection his exaltation as
king and then the spread of his new
family throughout the whole world
Paul's second body of instructions for
Timothy are again very specific to the
problems caused by these bad leaders so
he first corrects their bad theology
they've been telling people to stop
eating certain kinds of foods most
likely meat and to stop getting married
which Paul thinks is ridiculous
so he goes to Genesis 1 and he reminds
Timothy that God's entire creation is
very good including food and marriage it
is all to be received with gratefulness
by those who know and give thanks to the
Creator Paul then moves on to address
problems about the church's care of
widows so this very important ministry
was being taken advantage of by younger
wealthy widows most likely the same
troublemaking women from chapter 2 they
would sign up for the church's support
but then spend their days sleeping
around spreading gossip and damaging the
church's reputation in the city
Paul is having none of it he says that
only older widows that have no other
family support qualify and for these the
church should show the love of
generosity of Jesus Paul then addresses
problems among some older men in the
church and Timothy is to respect their
age but not their misbehavior which
seems to be alcohol-related they're
damaging the church's reputation and
Ephesus
so Timothy is in love to confront them
and have them step down if they're in
leadership and then Paul adds this
interesting sight note that this doesn't
mean that Timothy himself should never
drink given his stomach problems he
should probably have a glass of wine
each night with dinner Paul then
addresses a problem among Christian
slaves some of them were disrespecting
their Christian masters and so yes the
gospel creates equality among Jesus's
followers however Paul thinks that
equality needs to be implemented in a
strategic way that doesn't compromise
the mission and witness of the church if
Christians become associated with slave
rebellions they are compromised the
Christian transformation of the Roman
household had to be implemented
strategically so that their neighbors
could be persuaded and not repulsed by
this new vision of God's family finally
Paul closes the letter by calling
Timothy again to confront the corrupt
leaders Paul here exposes their motives
to make lots of money by accumulating
followers and then charging them all
high rates for their teaching these
teachers betray Jesus and his message of
contentment and simple living
and so Paul instructs the wealthy
Ephesian Christians to become rich in
good works and generosity to be people
who submit all of their resources to
King Jesus and he's the one who inspires
the final poem about how he is the true
king above all other Kings first Timothy
is a really important letter it helps us
gain a holistic vision of the nature and
mission of the church so what a Jesus
community believes will directly shape
how that community lives and behaves in
its City and so its theology its beliefs
have to be constantly critiqued and
formed by the scriptures and the good
news about Jesus
and how the church is perceived in
public is also very important to Paul
Christians should be known as people who
are full of integrity known for good
works known for serving the poor and the
most vulnerable all out of devotion to
the risen King Jesus and that's what
first Timothy is all about
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