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1 Timothy 1:1-2: "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. "

AnswerOf the fourteen epistles ascribed to Paul, seven -- Ephesians, Colossians, Second Thessalonians, First and Second Timothy, Titus, and Hebrews -- are conceded by nearly all critics to be spurious while three others -- Philippians, First Thessalonians, and Philemon -- are generally classed as doubtful.

The general verdict concerning the first seven is thus expressed by the Rev. Dr. Hooykaas: "Fourteen epistles are said to be Paul's; but we must at once strike off one, namely, that to the Hebrews, which does not bear his name at all.... The two letters to Timothy and the letter to Titus were certainly composed long after the death of Paul.... It is more than possible that the letters to the Ephesians and Colossians are also unauthentic, and the same suspicion rests, perhaps, on the first, but certainly on the second of the Epistles to the Thessalonians" (Bible for Learners, Vol. III, p. 23).

AnswerAuthorship: 1 TimothyThe author of 1 Timothy has been traditionally identified by orthodox Christianity as the Apostle Paul. He names himself thusly within the text, and several ante-Nicene church fathers made use of it, suggesting they agreed with the internal attestation. Eusebius (c. 330) calls it, along with the other thirteen canonical Pauline Epistles, "undisputed"[1]. It has apparently not been seriously questioned since at least the second century A.D.

Despite this, many, perhaps most modern scholars, beginning in the nineteenth century, have concluded that the author could not have been Paul, citing various and serious problems in associating it therewith.

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Authorship and Date: 2 TimothyModern scholarship has cast strong doubt on the authenticity of the epistle, based on internal analysis, ancient commentary and textual evidence. However, evangelical Christian scholars typically defend Pauline authorship, citing the inconclusiveness of academic inquiry. Even those who reject 2 Timothy's authenticity, however, generally agree that whoever the author really was, he also wrote 1 Timothy and Titus--all three referred to collectively as the Pastorals.

Naturally, dating the epistle is dependent on authorship concerns. Evangelical tradition generally regards 2 Timothy as having been written late in Paul's life, c. 60-67 CE, during a period of imprisonment. Modern scholars often suggest dates much later, well after Paul's death (c. 64-67); ranges in the first half of the second century are frequently offered.

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The two epistles ostensibly written to Timothy are signed as if from the apostle Paul, but New Testament scholars are almost unanimous in that Paul could not have been the author.

Whoever the real author(s) was, he must have lived in the first half of the second century, when the epistles were written, but we know nothing more.

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