17For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
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Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.
Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-21)Here, I. He tells them of his having sent Timothy to them, to bring them into remembrance of his ways in Christ, as he taught every where in every church (1 Cor. 4:17)-- to remind them of his ways in Christ, to refresh their memory as to his preaching and practice, what he taught, and how he lived among them. Note, Those who have had ever so good teaching are apt to forget, and need to have their…
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