1Cor 4:17, Col 1:7, 1Ti 4:6, 1Pe 5:12 | ESV | STEP | That is why I sent you Timothy , my beloved and faithful child in the Lord , to remind you of my ways in Christ , as I teach them everywhere in every church .

1 Corinthians 4:17

17 That is why ^aI sent ^{▼▼Or am sending} you Timothy, ^cmy beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add Jesus} ^eas I teach them everywhere in every church.

Colossians 1:7

7 just as you learned it from ^fEpaphras our beloved ^gfellow servant. ^{▼▼Greek fellow bondservant} He is ⁱa faithful minister of Christ on your ^{▼▼Some manuscripts our} behalf

1 Timothy 4:6

A Good Servant of Christ Jesus

6 ^kIf you put these things before the brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have ^mfollowed.

1 Peter 5:12

Final Greetings

12 By ⁿSilvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, ^oI have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is ^pthe true grace of God. ^qStand firm in it.