“To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.”
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord — the intimate form of address (teknon agapētos) deepens the paternal relationship. The triple blessing (charis, eleos, eirēnē) from God and Christ establishes the theological framework for pastoral exhortation.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 1:2
What is the reason of his writing this second Epistle to Timothy? He had said, “I hope to come unto you shortly” 1 Timothy 3:14, and as this had not taken place, instead of coming to him, he consoles him by a letter, when he was grieving perhaps for his absence, and oppressed by the cares of the government, which he had now taken in hand. For even great men, when they are placed at the helm, and are charged with the direction of the Church, feel the strangeness of their…
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