People
Timothy in 1 Timothy 1
TIM-oh-thee
This person shows up in 1 Timothy 1:2: “to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
1 Timothy 1:2
“to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.”
What kids can learn
When you hear timothy in 1 Timothy, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Timothy 1:2 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Timothy 1:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
toTimothy,mytrueinfaith:mercy,andpeace,GodourFatherandChristJesusourLord.