Since he had known the Scriptures “from infancy, ” his first instructors must have been his mother and grandmother, his father evidently not being a believer. ​ — 2 Timothy 1: 5. However, more was involved in Timothy’s becoming a minister.
तीमथ्याला सुवार्तेची जाहीर घोषणा करण्याची प्रेरणा देणारा त्याचा विश्‍वास, बायबलच्या ज्ञानावर आधारित होता.