1 Timothy 1:2
to Timothy, my true son in the faith; grace, mercy, peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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Romans 1:7to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints: Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:3grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Thessalonians 3:2and we sent Timothy our brother and minister of God in the gospel of the Christ, in order that he might strengthen and comfort you with respect to your faith,
2 Timothy 1:2to Timothy my beloved son; grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Titus 1:4to Titus, my true son, according to the common faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 1:2-5
First Timothy Hitherto Paul's epistles were directed to churches; now follow some to particular persons: two to Timothy, one to Titus, and another to Philemon—all three ministers. Timothy and Titus were evangelists, an inferior order to the apostles, as appears by Eph. iv. 11 , Some prophets, some apostles, some evangelists. Their commission and work was much the same with that of the apostles, to plant churches, and water the churches that were planted; and accordingly they were itinerants, as we find Timothy… Read the whole commentary →