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But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. |
But you know his proven character, that as a son with his father he served with me in the gospel. |
But you know of his proven worth that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father. |
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But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel. |
But Timothy’s tested worth you know, how as a son with his father he has toiled with me zealously in [serving and helping to advance] the good news (the Gospel). |
But you know from experience his character which has been approved after having been tested, that as a child to a father, with me he served as a slave would do in the furtherance of the good news. |
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But you know Timothy’s worth, how he has worked with me for the gospel like a son with his father. |
But you know his tested character, how like a son in fellowship with his father he has toiled with me like a slave in preaching the good news. |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
- I Will Be Your Father - Darryl Samuels - ( in Adobe/pdf format ) God is by nature a Father and He wants a family but there are many deceptions that are designed to get us to forsake Him as our only true Father.
- My Son, My Son; Twisted Scriptures - Neil Girrard - ( in Adobe/pdf format ) The “spiritual fathering” teachers, from Paul and Peter calling Timothy, Titus, Onesimus and Mark their “sons,” have concocted a teaching that says that all men must have a “spiritual father” and any one who does not have one is an orphan who is destitute of any real place in the order and family of God. Is this the truth?
- Spiritual Fathers – 1 Corinthians 4:15; Twisted Scriptures - Neil Girrard - ( in Adobe/pdf format ) From a very scant Scriptural base, a whole system of teaching has evolved that concocts a “one size fits all” false doctrine that results in tyranny, oppression, persecution, exclusion, favoritism and a host of other evils.