People
Timothy in Colossians 1
TIM-oh-thee
This person shows up in Colossians 1:1: “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Colossians 1:1
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,”
What kids can learn
When you hear timothy in Colossians, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Colossians 1:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Colossians 1:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
anofChristJesusthewillofGod,andTimothyourbrother,