in your Bible Next, mark new paragraph divisions in your Bible, at the following opening verses: 1:1, 3, 12, 18; 2:1, 9; 3:1, 8, 14; 4:1, 6, 11; 5:1, 3, 9, 11, 17; 6:1, 26, 6, 11, 17, 20 Read the paragraphs and assign a title for each Do you observe any groups of paragraphs with similar general content? What have you noticed so far about these subjects in the epistle: Timothy’s life and ministry, the church, notes of praise, various kinds of sin? C STRUCTURE Paul’s letter is a unit from beginning to end It is not an unorganized list of miscellaneous thoughts Let us look at it more closely to see its structural relationships 1 What is the opening salutation? What would you consider to be the concluding note? Does the word Amen appear at any place other than at the end of the letter? What is the function of such a word?9 Does there seem to be a turning point in the epistle? For example, how does chapter end? How the opening words of chapter indicate a beginning of something new here? Compare what goes before (chap 1) with what follows (chaps 2-3) What reference to the local church is made in 3:15? Are chapters and about the subject of the church? Support your answer What seems to be the general subject of chapters 4-6? D SURVEY CHART Survey Chart 97 shows some of the structure of this letter Study it carefully, in the light of your own observations made so far Among other things, note the following: A major division is made at 2:1 What is the two-part outline? The key of the epistle is shown as 3:1416 Read the passage How is it related to what goes before and to what follows? How is this shown on the chart? Study the contents of each chapter as shown on the chart What is the di erence b e t w e e n church regulations and pastoral directions? Note the outline indicators at the right of the chart, the man and the ministry These are two subjects that Paul writes much about in the letter For example, how is chapter 1, charge to Timothy, an appropriate introduction to all that follows? Note the three indicators of hymns on the charts Read the passages What is the context of each? ...1 What is the opening salutation? What would you consider to be the concluding note? Does the word Amen appear at any place other than at the end of the letter? What is the function of such a... as shown on the chart What is the di erence b e t w e e n church regulations and pastoral directions? Note the outline indicators at the right of the chart, the man and the ministry These are two... some of the structure of this letter Study it carefully, in the light of your own observations made so far Among other things, note the following: A major division is made at 2:1 What is the two-part