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.
وبما انه كان يعرف الاسفار المقدسة « منذ الطفولية » ،‏ فلا بد ان امه وجدته هما اللتان علَّمتاه ،‏ اذ ان اباه لم يكن مؤمنا كما يتَّضح .‏ —‏ ٢ تيموثاوس ١ :‏ ٥‏ .‏