Timothy's gift was also respected by the elders with imposition of hands thereby showing that thaty identified with him ( 1 Timothy 4:14). This is the only reference to laying on of hands in the NT. This gift (that of an evangelist - see 2 Timothy 4:5) was sealed by the laying on of the apostle's hands ( 2 Timothy 1:6). There had been prophecies regarding him indicating his special gift ( 1 Timothy 1:18). In both epistles we learn that the Lord Jesus had separated this young man for a special ministry. Probably this is when Timothy had heard the gospel and believed it. During his first journey Paul had already evangelized this area and visited both these places twice ( Acts 14:1 Acts 14:8 Acts 14:21). This young man was well reported of by the brethren at Lystra and Iconium ( Acts 16:2). On Paul's second missionary journey in the area of Derbe and Lystra this young believer came to the apostle's attention (around 51 to 54 AC). His mother and grandmother Lois had taught Timothy the Holy Scriptures of the Old Testament from a child ( Acts 16:1 2 Timothy 1:5 2 Timothy 3:15). He was the son of a Greek father but had a Jewish mother named Eunice. Timothy (his name meaning 'honouring God') was yet a young man ( 1 Timothy 4:12) but one of the most faithful co-labourers of the apostle Paul.
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