The following words addressed to Timothy help us to understand how he became a minister: “You, however, continue in the things that you learned and were persuaded to believe, knowing from what persons you learned them and that from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through the faith in connection with Christ Jesus. ”
تساعدنا الكلمات التالية الموجَّهة الى تيموثاوس على فهم كيف صار خادما دينيا :‏ « اما انت فاثبت على ما تعلمته وأُقنعت حتى آمنت به ،‏ عارفا ممن تعلمت وأنك منذ الطفولية تعرف الكتابات المقدسة ،‏ القادرة ان تصيِّرك حكيما للخلاص بالايمان في المسيح يسوع » .‏