Good morning. Barnabas
and Mark went to the island of Cyprus, but Paul chose Silas and left; being
committed by the brethren to the grace of the Lord. So Paul had the stamp of
approval by the church in Antioch. That does not necessarily mean that he was
right in his argument with Barnabas. So Paul went back to all the churches that
he had established previously (like he was wanting to do with Barnabas); but my
Bible says that he went in the reverse order from before. At one of the places,
he found a disciple there named Timothy – yes THE Timothy. He was the son of a
Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. Paul writes in
second Timothy: I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt
in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I’m sure that is in you as
well. Paul wanted Timothy to go with him; and he took him and circumcised him
because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father
was a Greek. My Bible says that this was different from Titus‘s case where
circumcision was refused (by Paul) because some were demanding it as necessary
for salvation. As they were passing through the cities, they delivered the
decrees which had been decided upon by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for
them to observe. So the churches were being strengthened in the faith, and were
increasing in number daily. Father go with the reader and help him/her to have
a safe. Help this to be a liberating day for him/her.
Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me
Good morning. Paul then gives a list of a lot of things that he has gone through as an apostle. I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. There could be many people that you listen to either in church or through the Internet or other means; but there was only one person (as a general rule it was a person) that lead you to Christ. Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. He was saying that just like a child imitates his or her father, they were to imitate him. He says that again seven chapters later. Since it is easy to forget some things about people we have not seen in a while, Paul says that he sent Timothy to them to remind them of his ways which are in Christ, just as he taught everywhere in every church. Some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. I shall find ou...
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