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Timothy: family and Paul

Eunice is Timothy’s mother and Lois his grandmother. Timothy also travels with Paul.

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  • Timothy Paul is a companion of Timothy.
    Source: Acts 16:1; Acts 16:3
    Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
    Read Acts 16:1
    Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
    Read Acts 16:3

Bible edition: King James Version

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  • Lois is the grandmother of Timothy.
    Source: 2 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:5
    To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
    Read 2 Timothy 1:2
    When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
    Read 2 Timothy 1:5
  • Eunice is the mother of Timothy.
    Source: 2 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:5
    To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
    Read 2 Timothy 1:2
    When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
    Read 2 Timothy 1:5
  • Paul is a companion of Timothy.
    Source: Acts 16:1; Acts 16:3
    Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
    Read Acts 16:1
    Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
    Read Acts 16:3

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Timothy’s faith lives first in his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice. Who first showed you what faith looks like?

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Selected relationship data adapted from BibleData, Brady Stephenson (CC BY 4.0). Reviewed, translated and supplemented with Scripture references.