“ Continue in the things that you learned and were persuaded to believe, ” he wrote, “knowing from what persons you learned them and that from infancy you have known the holy writings. ”
(‏ ۲تیموتاؤس ۳ :‏ ۱۴ ،‏ ۱۵‏ )‏ در اینجا ابتدا به این موضوع می‌پردازیم که مسیحیانِ دیگر چه نقشی در زندگی تیموتاؤس ایفا کردند .‏