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I'm probably going to come close to the conclusion of the first answer but hopefully will provide some other thoughts.
Paul takes on Timothy on the beginning of his 2nd missionary journey (~49 A.D.).
Conservative scholars date 1 Timothy to between 62-67 A.D. (after Paul's first imprisonment).
There's no solid data on how old Timothy was when Paul took ...
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Based on the record of the conversation on the road to Emmaus when Jesus "beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures" {Luke 24:27}, that "the scriptures" must indicate the Old Testament - since the earliest aspect of the New Testament wasn't written until about 50 AD.
Given that ...
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In this case the answer is a bit more clear if you read from a different translation:
If we deny Him, He also will deny us;
If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
-2 Timothy 2:12-13, NASB
Faith means "trust in God". This is the source of the confusion. In modern English, when we say "faith", it can mean ...
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The very notion of scripture carries with it an idea of the infallible and all powerful commanding perfect voice of God. This means if one rejects a book of his word from the Bible canon they reject God's own voice and have sinned. Now any writing that does not carry that invincible and perfect authority must be rejected no matter how edifying it may seem. ...
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This is an example where often the theological presuppositions guide the interpretation.
My presupposition is that the days of Gen 1 are not only literal days of creation but metaphoric days or ages of God's work in the world, culminating in the marriage of the Lamb, and the man and his wife being fruitful and multiplying before entering into God's Rest.
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