The three pastoral letters or epistles are books of the canonical New Testament: the First Epistle to Timothy (1 Timothy) the Second Epistle to Timothy (2 Timothy) and the Epistle to Titus. They are letters from Paul the Apostle to Timothy and to Titus. They are generally discussed as a group (sometimes with the addition of the Epistle to Philemon) and are given the title pastoral because they are addressed to individuals with pastoral oversight of churches and discuss issues of Christian living, doctrine and leadership. While the title is not technically quite correct in that the Epistles do not deal with pastoral duties in the sense of the cure of souls, yet it is popularly appropriate as denoting the essentially practical nature of the subject matter as distinguished from the other Epistles attributed to Paul. The term "pastorals" was popularised in 1703 by D. N. Berdot and in 1726 by Paul Anton.

2 Timothy Textual Variants

(4)
1:11
καὶ διδάσκαλος (and teacher) — א*, A, I, 1175, syrpal
καὶ διάκονος (and servant) — 33
καὶ διδάσκαλος ἐθνῶν (and teacher of nations) — אc, D, G, K, Ψ, 81, 88, 104, 181, 326, 330, 436, 451, 614, 629, 630, 1241, 1739, 1877, 1881, 1962, 1985, 2127, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect
2:14
θεοῦ (of God) — א, C, G, I, 330, 436, 451, 614, 629, 630, 1877, 1962, 2492, 2495, 598, it
κυρίου (of the Lord) — A, D, K, P, Ψ, 048, 81, 88, 104, 181, 326, 1241, 1739, 1881, 1984, 1985, 2127, Byz, Lect
Χριστου (of Christ) — 206, 429, 1758
4:10
Γαλατιαν (to Galatia) — A D F G K L P Ψ 33 88 181 330 451 614 629 630 1241 1739 1877 1881 1962 1984 1985 2127 2492 2495 Byz Lect
Γαλλιαν (to Gaul) — א C 81 104 326 436
Γαλιλαιαν (to Galilee) — copbo
4:22
Ιησους (Jesus) – A, 104, 614, vgst
Ιησους Χριστος (Jesus Christ) – א2, C, D, Ψ, Byz, a, b, f, vgcl
κυριος (Lord) – א, F, G, 33, 1739, 1881, copsa

No comments:

Post a Comment