Good morning, Pastor John:
I have been enjoying reading your translation of I & II Timothy. I read the King James Version first, then read your translation to see if I could recognize any significant differences. They were similar in a lot of places, but basically, the reading of your translation was easier for me to understand. It had a good flow.
I don’t know how long the time span was between the two books that were written (my bible stated 3 years), but I noticed there was a man named, Alexander. In I Timothy, Paul mentioned that he had turned him over to Satan, so that he (Alexander) would learn not to blaspheme. After that time span between the two letters, Paul mentioned him again in II Timothy, “Alexander the metal worker had caused him great harm”, but Paul still was praying for him, and all of those people who had forsaken Paul.
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Was he? I missed that.
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Is this the same Alexander, mentioned in both books? It really doesn’t matter if it is not, because the message was clear from Paul: he was going to love the truth, the doctrine, and do as much good for God’s people as he had power to do, and pray to God for them. But if it is the same Alexander, he was doing the same evil against the Gospel and Paul.
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Nobody can say for sure about that. My question has been, is this Alexander in Timothy the same brother Alexander that we saw with Paul in Ephesus, in the book of Acts? The Alexander in 1Timothy may well have been that same brother, now fallen away into a perverse doctrine.
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This Alexander, caught my eye. Paul knew what damage he had caused, and I am certain there are ungodly brothers and sisters that have, and will keep causing you (us) trouble, like what we have been dealing with recently, with that brother in xxxx, with his arrogance and pride. But Paul told Timothy in more than one place, in both books, that God will sort things out on “That Day.” Until then, those of us who do love the doctrine (like our brother, Vince) can continue loving God and his people, and enjoy to the fullest the life that God has granted to us on this earth. In short, there are times when we just have to let people go, and continue to walk with our God.
Keep up the good work! “The book of Hebrews is full of good news.” 🙂
Sincerely,
billy
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Thanks Billy. Be patient, now. I am looking forward to translating Hebrews in the not-too-distant future.
jdc