World English Bible · Under Rome
1 Timothy 1
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, of according to the of our and our , to , my true child in : , mercy, and peace from and Christ our . As I urged you when I was going into , stay at that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine, and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than stewardship, which is in . But the goal of this command is love from a pure , a , and sincere , from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned away to talking, desiring to be , though they understand neither what they say nor about what they strongly affirm. But we know that is good if a person uses it lawfully, as knowing this, that law is not made for a person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and , for the unholy and profane, for of fathers and of mothers, for manslayers, for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for -traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine, according to the of the of the , which was committed to my . I thank him who enabled me, Christ our , because he counted me , appointing me to , although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. The of our abounded exceedingly with and love which is in Christ . The saying is and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ came into the world to , of whom I am chief. However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, might display all his for an example of those who were going to in him for . Now to the King , immortal, invisible, to who alone is , be and and ever. . I commit this to you, my child , according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare, holding and a , which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the , of whom are and , whom I to that they might be taught not to blaspheme.
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The world at this moment · Under Rome, 63 BC to AD 100 ›
Judea as a client kingdom and then a province. Roads, garrisons, taxes, crucifixion, and a common Greek language that let a message travel the empire faster than any before it.
- Rome
- The republic tears itself apart in civil war and comes out as an empire under Augustus. What follows is two centuries of relative peace across the whole Mediterranean, enforced by legions and paid for by taxes, with safe roads and safe sea lanes. Every one of Paul's journeys depends on that.
- Judea
- Governed first through Herod the Great, a client king of enormous ability and enormous brutality who rebuilds the temple into one of the wonders of the ancient world, then directly by Roman prefects. Crucifixion is the standard penalty for sedition and is used often and publicly.
- The wider world
- Greek is spoken from Spain to Syria, which means a letter written in Corinth can be read in Rome without translation. Jewish communities already exist in most major cities, which is where the first Christian preaching lands. Mystery religions, imperial cult, and philosophy all compete in the same marketplace.
- Further afield
- The Han dynasty rules China and trades silk westward along routes that touch the Roman world at second hand. In Britain the Roman conquest begins within a decade of the crucifixion.