1 Timothy 1:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Titus 1:4
To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
2 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 4:14-17
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. …
Philippians 2:19-22
But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. …
Acts 16:1-3
Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

Here is, I. The inscription of the epistle, from whom it is sent: Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ, constituted an apostle by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ. His credentials were unquestionable. He had not only a commission, but a commandment, not only from God our Saviour, but from Jesus Christ: he was a preacher of the gospel of Christ, and a minister of the kingdom of…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. my own son--literally, “a genuine son” (compare Ac 16:1; 1Co 4:14-17). See Introduction. mercy--added here, in addressing Timothy, to the ordinary salutation, “Grace unto you (Ro 1:7; 1Co 1:3, &c.), and peace.” In Ga 6:16, “peace and mercy” occur. There are many similarities of style between the Epistle to the Galatians and the Pastoral Epistles (see Introduction); perhaps owing to his there, a…