 Good morning, everyone, and welcome to class on 1st, 2nd Timothy, Titus, and Philemon. Just a warm welcome also to all our e-learning students as well. So welcome, e-learning students. Before we begin our class this morning, can one of you please lead us in prayer, please? Anyone can lead us in prayer? Shall I pray? Yes, thank you very much. Father God, we are so very thankful to you for another day that your mercies are renewed every morning. And this morning also as we are sitting in your presence, Father, we want to thank you for a new day for everything that you make new in our lives, Father. We want to thank you for this time of learning. Lord, we surrender ourselves and we yield to the Holy Spirit as we learn how to interpret your word, how to understand your word, Father. And whatever you have for us today, may each one of us receive that Reema word. 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So, last week we were studying 1st Timothy, chapter 1. We came up from verses 1 to verse 17. We look at verses 18 to 20 basically in chapter 1. Paul is giving Timothy, young Timothy, who he has left at Ephesus, the city of Ephesus to oversee the churches and spiritual overseer, giving guidance and leading the churches there. And Timothy is young Timothy's facing hardships and he wants to come back to Paul, be with Paul, minister along with him. And so, you know, in this 1st chapter, he's giving him various reasons why he wants young Timothy to remain in Ephesus. So, you know, in verse 17, you know, 16 and 17, he gives him another reason why he needs to continue to remain in Ephesus. He gives him a description of who God is and he's saying that, you know, God is king, he's eternal, he's immortal, invisible, the only vice God. And because he is this and because this is his nature and attributes, he's saying, you know, stay there, remain in Ephesus because considering the greatness of the God who was called you, who you are serving. And this great God was worthy of Timothy's sacrifice. And this great God, who Paul just breaks out in praise, you know, will empower young Timothy for his service even as he serves and ministers God in the city of Ephesus. And then he goes on to give him another reason in verses 18 to 20. So can one of you please read 1st Timothy chapter one verses 18 to 20 please. Yes, Asha. This is the charge I'm trying to create Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, holding faith in a good conscience. By rejecting this, some had made shipwreck of their faith, among whom are Prime Minister and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, that they may learn not to dress it. Amen. Thank you, Asha. So in verse 18, Paul is telling Timothy this charge I commit to you. The Greek word for charge here is the same that he uses in 1st Timothy chapter one was three, which I also mentioned when we were, you know, studying 1st Timothy chapter one was three, that this Greek word actually this ancient Greek word of charge, it is a military word, which is referring to an order that is given by a commanding officer. So, you know, when a commanding officer is giving an order, there is, you know, no choice about it. You can't choose. You can't do what you want. You just have to do the, you know, follow the order that has been given to you. So he's saying, you know, this charge or this command I give to you as a commanding officer. You know, so he's giving him this charge. He's committing to him again this charge, this order, and to remain in Ephesus to oversee the churches there to continue to work in Ephesus and bring things in order in the churches of Ephesus. He says, you know, I charge the charge I commit or entrust to you, Timothy, my child. So even as Paul is, you know, giving this order, you know, to young Timothy, and it looks like, you know, Paul is a commanding officer, but, you know, he's being strict or he's enforcing something and all but he's also at the same time, using words or bringing in a relationship which is so beautiful. So here he's saying, I'm commanding you as a commanding officer, giving you this order. But, you know, the other side he's saying, you are my child, you know, and I'm giving you this command or this order, not as somebody who's above you or superior to you, an apostle who's greater, commanding officer, but, you know, as a father telling a child, giving a child the order. So he's saying, you know, this charge, this charge entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you. So according to the prophecies, you know, God had spoken to Timothy through others, through the gift of prophecy. So Paul wanted Timothy to consider what the Holy Spirit had spoken to him, said to him through others in the past, and to receive courage and to receive encouragement from those prophecies that were spoken over his life, and use that prophecies that were spoken over him to remain in Ephesus. And he says these words of prophecies, you know, may have been a description of Timothy's, the prophecies that Timothy received, you know, would have been a description of Timothy's future ministry. It can also be a warning against him being timid in his work for God. But whatever prophecy that he has received, you know, Paul is writing this and reminding him to draw strength. Now he says, this is what God wants you to do from those prophecies, draw strength from it in your present difficulties. So even, you know, we receive a lot of prophecies where people speak over our lives. Some things can be applicable at that moment, some things we do not know why it was spoken at that moment. But you can write down those prophecies. And you know, when you go through those situations, whatever it may be in the future, you know, you can go back read those prophecies, and you can speak that over your life. And, you know, you can see the Word of God come through in your life, which is amazing. Okay. So he's saying that, you know, these, these words of prophecies, you know, that was spoken over his life, whatever it, for whatever reason it could be, it could be for his ministry, future ministry, warning him not to be timid, fearful, whatever it is, but you know, just draw strength from it from the prophecies that has spoken over his life. Paul refers again to these prophecies later on his, in his letter in chapter four, office Timothy chapter four was 14, where he says, do not neglect the gifts that is given, that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of hands of the elderships. So maybe, you know, he was anointed, appointed, called to, to serve, to minister, you know, into full time ministry, or to be a missionary, whatever, you know, when the elders laid their hands on Timothy. So he says, don't neglect that gift. You've been given this gift of, you know, of ministry, of serving God, of being this missionary or evangelist, whatever the calling was. For Timothy, you know, don't neglect that gift, which was given to you by prophecy, the laying on of hands of the elders. And in second Timothy chapter one was six, which is Paul is again referring to the prophecies that was spoken over Timothy, he says. And first and second Timothy chapter one was six. For this reason, I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. So even as Paul laid on his hands and spoke over his life. He says, you know, remind yourself of those things and fan into flames, you know, the gift of God, which is in you. And then he goes on to say that, you know, that by them, you may wage the good warfare. So by by them, he's talking about the prophecies, you know, and the focus is not on the prophetic word that Timothy heard in the past, but the focus now is on the battle that is right in front of him. Presently. So, you know, he's facing a difficult situation. He's facing a battle. And he's a focus on your battle and use the prophetic word that was spoken over you to wage a good warfare that this, you know, he, the KJV says fight the good fight. So as a soldier, you know, he needs to fight the good fight. So Timothy had a job in front of him. You know, it was a job that he had was he was in the battlefield right in the thick of the battle. It's not it was not going to be easy for him. It's not going to be comfortable, you know, or carefree. But he had to approach this whole assignment that was handed over to him this responsibility this job that Paul had left him to do in episodes. You know, he had to do it as a soldier who's approaching the battle. And, you know, as a soldier approaches the battle, he does not desert his post. He does not leave his post and run away because of the fierce battle or the difficulty the soldier is facing. You know, he does not leave at the battlefield and run away. But he faces the battle. He fights till the end. And so, you know, Paul is giving Timothy still another reason why he needs to remain in Ephesus. And the reason is that he should sense this responsibility to stay, you know, where God has called into the responsibility that God is entrusted to him, where Paul has left him to oversee the churches at Ephesus because he's a soldier. You know, he's like a soldier in a battle. And a soldier in a battle does not desert his post does not give up his position, but he fights till the end. So Paul is reminded reminding young Timothy don't leave remain there and be like a soldier, you know, who does not desert his post. In verse 19, you know, Paul mentions two tools of warfare. The two tools of warfare that he mentions in verse 19, one is faith and the other is of a good conscience. So saying having faith and a good conscience that some have rejected concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck. So, you know, faith and a good conscience are essential when battling facing spiritual battles. You know, they protect us against spiritual attacks of doubt and condemnation. So very important tools that we have for warfare is faith and a good conscience, because they protect us against spiritual attacks of doubt and condemnation. So Timothy had to have faith. What was the faith and Paul has already given him, you know, a good description of who he needs to put his faith on, you know, faith in this God who is eternal, invisible, immortal, the only wise God, you know, and he says this God is in control. And this God would guide Timothy in everything that he has to do. Even as he continues to remain in Ephesus, he's saying just continue to seek God and he will continue to guide you because God is in supreme control, he's sovereign, you know, and the second thing, second tool he gives for his warfare is a good conscience. So basically, a good conscience is living right before God and man. You know, when we do away with the good conscience, we do things that our conscience says is wrong as well, you know, and then when we do things that are wrong as well, you know, we will make a shipwreck of our faith and it will ultimately destroy our own faith. So the importance of good conscience. It's important for us to have a good conscience, because, you know, if we do things that our conscience tells us is not right, is wrong, we still go ahead and do it, then it will, you know, ultimately lead to shipwrecking of our faith or destroying our own faith. You know, and Paul is reminding Timothy that he has to have a good conscience because, you know, he's young and there are, you know, people who are ready to attack him. There are older leaders, you know, deacons in the church or much older to him people in the church were older and younger people, you know, they would just attack him or these false teachers would just, you know, attack him. And if Timothy had not conduct, does not conduct himself rightly, then they would have a good reason to continue with their attack. So a good conscience is actually connected with a good conduct or translates into a good conduct is seen in the way that we act it's seen in a good conduct the way that we live our lives. And Paul says gives us gives him an example of how some people, you know, who have not used this tools of faith or have not used this tool of good conscience they have given themselves to doing things that are wrong. And that has ultimately shipwreck their faith and destroy their own faith. And, you know, he says some have rejected these weapons, which some have rejected so he's talking about two people who have rejected these weapons, and specifically, you know, Paul speaks of them rejecting their faith and their good conscience. You know, and he names them as Hymenius and Alexander these two people have rejected the tools for warfare and he says that, you know, he has delivered them to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. So Hymenius is also mentioned in Second Committee chapter two was 17, where he's mentioned in connection with philates as and he's mentioned as a very dangerous man there in Second Committee chapter two was 17. You know, one of the doctrines that Hymenius was promoting was that the resurrection had already taken place it was already passed. It seems that they were teaching that, you know, that people are already in God's Millennium Kingdom, and that is, you know, no more resurrection to come or to take place. It had already occurred so they were teaching this wrong doctrine. So he's saying, you know, how Hymenius, you know, rejected the tools of warfare or faith and a good conscience and how it has shipped records faith and led him to preach and teach wrong doctrines. The other person that Paul mentions here is Alexander. He also speaks about an Alexander who refers to as Alexander the Corpus Smith in Second Committee chapter four was 14. And there he mentions this Alexander the Corpus Smith as someone who did much evil to Paul. It's commentary writers, commentators say that it's possible that this is the same Alexander that Paul is referring to here in First Committee chapter one. And, you know, Paul says that he handed over both these men to Satan. Now Paul did something similar, which he writes in 1 Corinthians chapter five. There he, you know, in the church at Corinth, there was a man who was living a sexually immoral life, you know, and the church was not doing anything about it. So Paul is writing to the church at Corinth and in 1 Corinthians chapter five was fine. He says hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh. But I like what he also writes in the latter half of that verse so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. So, you know, Paul is not being cruel or rude or, you know, shunning people away while living in sin because they are the people who need to experience more of the grace of God, the forgiveness of God to be able to see their sin, to be able to be reconciled back to God, acknowledge their sin and be reconciled back to God. So, but Paul is doing this with a specific intent so that, you know, people, once they are excommunicated, which means once they are put out of the fellowship. So Paul is saying, you know, hand them over to Satan means, you know, get them out of the church of fellowship, which is, which means that they're no longer under the spiritual oversight of the church leadership. They're no longer under the spiritual covering or protection of God. And when they are in that stage, in that position, you know, they're not in the church, they're not under the spiritual covering of God. They are, you know, in the world, they are open to Satan's attack. They're open to, they're in Satan's world, his domain, so to say, his rule, his reign. And when they are tormented, when they go through problems and difficulties, because we know that Satan is all out to steal, kill and destroy. And when they are tormented, when they go through difficulties, you know, because they no longer have the protection of God over them or they're not under the spiritual oversight of the spiritual of the church leadership. You know, they will come to their senses, they will realize what they're doing is wrong. And, you know, it can lead them back to God, you know, to acknowledge their sin, to be reconciled back to God. That's why he says, you know, for the destruction of the flesh. So basically he's saying that their fleshly carnal nature will be destroyed. And, you know, that their spirit, that their spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. So this is another reason that, one more reason that Paul gives the committee to remain in Ephesus. What is the reason he's saying, you know, you should do this because not everyone else does it. There are many people like Alexander and Hymenius who deserted the faith, who shipwrecked their faith, who left their faith. So not everyone is able to stand strong. So you don't be somebody who just leaves and runs away, but you need to remain faithful to the end and don't give up, but continue to do what God has called you to where he's posted you, what he has entrusted you to do. Okay. So Elisha says that today we suspend people and have taken them off the church leadership. Can we still pray and offer some counsel to them? Yes, we can. We can still do that. We can still love them. We can still care for them, show compassion, still pray for them. Yes. And help them out. Why do we basically, why does it come to a place where we send people out of churches because they're bringing strife or division and this unity in the body of Christ, in that specific ministry. So it's better for them to just tell them, hey, don't tell them, you know, get out of church, don't come back to church or we don't want you to be attending our church. Tell them, you know, just take a break of a month or two months or three months, you know, and then you can come back and join church. Think about things, you know, just spend time with God. We'll just be praying for you. And at the same time, just keep calling, ministering to them, helping them out. Yes. When it comes to serious issues, but when it comes to issues like, you know, sexual immorality or we can still have people in church have helped them, unless it's something really previous and bad has to do with another church member, which is going to bring about confusion in the church and things like that. And just get them both to, you know, be aside, lay aside and just keep ministering to them, get another sister to minister to the lady, get another man to minister to them, to the male and, you know, help them out. Yes. Okay, so that is the end of chapter one. So Paul is basically giving him some good reasons to remain in Ephesus. And I'm sure young Timothy was challenged, was encouraged and continued to remain in Ephesus and continue to do the work there. Any questions on chapter one? Any questions on chapter one? Yes. Sorry, say I didn't hear you from the beginning. Yes, a little bit. Okay, so I was just saying that I think my question might be out of this class, but I was just wondering if there was a connection between the Church of Ephesus described in Revelation chapter one, and then what Timothy was going through as a leader. I don't know if there's any connection to that or was this years, years, years after Timothy was the leader of the church. Yeah, good question. So, yes, Timothy was left in Ephesus to oversee the churches there, but it was not just the churches at Ephesus, but also the surrounding area. And, you know, the challenges he was basically facing was, you know, the teaching of wrong doctrines, which he had to correct, bring in church administration, order in the church. You know, establishing so it could have also, you know, included the seven churches that was surrounding Ephesus that was mentioned in Revelation. Yes, could be. Thank you, Pastor. So, in other words, he was more like the Bishop overseeing not just the Church of Ephesus, but all the other surrounding churches, I guess? Yes, he was actually overseeing the churches, not only in the city of Ephesus, but also the churches that I mentioned. A possibility is there because the churches were started when, you know, those seven churches were started by people who were ministered and trained by Paul when he was doing his ministry for three years at Ephesus, teaching in that Tyrannus Hall, you know, people who went out, his co-laborers, people who were trained there and started those churches. So it was kind of connected to the churches at Ephesus. And so, yes, you know, Paul would also have required a young Timothy to oversee the churches. So the responsibilities were really huge and big considering there were so many churches in Ephesus and also the surrounding areas. And also he was young, you know, people were there were much matured, grown up, the false teachings and doctrines, and it was very difficult for Timothy. So it could be a possibility. Yes. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you, Sayi. Anyone else? Any questions? Okay. If there are no questions, we'll move on to chapter two. So if, you know, if one of you could please open up to all of you can please open up to first Timothy chapter one, chapter two, and just quickly read verses one to 15. I'll just give you a couple of minutes. And then maybe, you know, we will just look at each verse. Okay. So all of you can quietly just open up your Bibles. Read first Timothy chapter two versus one to 15. And then we would study that in detail. And if you finish reading, you can just indicate the chat section that you're done and then we'll proceed. Okay, first Timothy chapter two. And I'm reading from verse one to 15. Therefore, exult first of all that supplications, prayers, intercession and giving of things be made for all men. For kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Meditator between God and them, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time. For which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying, a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and in truth. I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting. And like man also, that the women are done themselves in modest apparel with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothings. But which is proper for women professing godliness with good works? Let a woman lean in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was formed first, then heath. And Adam was not the seed, but the woman being the seed fell into transgression. Nevertheless, she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love and holiness with self-control. Thank you, Harrison. Thank you very much for reading that scripture passage. So just open up this time for any of you to share something that really touched your heart, something that leapt out of scripture just ministered to you. Some truth that you learned previously when you were something that God administered to previously when you were reading first Timothy chapter two, you heard a sermon, something that really ministered to your heart. So just open up this time for you all to share. If you have any questions about the understanding of any verse, then we will do that as we study each verse. And then if you still have questions, then I can answer that. But now I'll just open this time up for you to share something that God has impressed in your heart, something that he's spoken to you. Then it came like a Reema word. Just like to share something. Anyone? Okay. I have a concern so much about first Timothy chapter two. And that's about the role of men and women in church. And if we look at today, women are really playing most of the roles of men. And if we want to look by what first Timothy chapter two is saying, then we want to say that it is wrong. So in this case, what are we supposed to be saying? Are we going to be saying that it is wrong or it is right? So that's my question. And it's something that I'm not in a hurry to answer myself that question, but to allow the leading of the spirit to just take control. Because even if we say, okay, let the men do what they ought to do, we still get issues. And we still see women being used by God to do the things that are meant to be done. So, but if we want to follow what first Timothy chapter two is saying, then I wonder what the whole thing will look like. So my question here now is, okay, from what we have in first Timothy chapter two, what are we going to say in our present time when it comes to the role of men and women in church? Thank you. Thank you, Harrison. So by the end of even as we do an exegetical study, a word study, go through chapter two, you'll be able to answer that question. You'll have more clarity on that. Kennedy says, we strive to live a peaceable life and submission to headship and authority. Yes. Thank you, Kennedy. Maggie says men pray everywhere. Yes, Maggie. So get meant together to pray. Yes, the beer. Yes, the beer can. Is your mic unmuted? Can you hear me? No. Yes, now I can hear you. Yes. Okay. Yeah, thank you. So in that passage, godliness and reverence. It's mentioned in verse two. That is, we might, while we read it, we'll just read it off and go, but it has a lot of, you know, essence over there. So I felt like right now I don't have a proper, you know, explanation, but I felt like God wants us to really understand what he meant. Like when he says men lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and reverence and also authority that we need to respect the people who are kept in authorities. So we know, especially during COVID times and things like that, there was such a lot of reference to the scripture, especially here in all it was like people were not ready to wear masks. People did not want to obey the authority. So there were different opinions and it cost a lot of division actually even in the church. So that is something that we obey the authorities in the Lord. That is what is something that I was thinking is right. If it is going beyond what God is asking us to do, then we need to step back. But yeah, we surely should respect the authorities that God has placed in our midst. As well as the, I love the portion where Paul is kind of giving a resume of himself in verse five where it says, but there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle. I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying, a teacher of the Gentiles and faith and truth. So it's kind of a resume that Paul is just telling. And I love the fact how clear he is about his calling. He's just saying, yeah, I am a preacher and an apostle and he's presenting the gospel there so beautifully that he's just saying there's only one mediator. It's amazing, very, very well written. Yeah, of course, Holy Spirit read. Thank you, Divya. Yes, we need to submit to authorities. We learned this when we were studying Romans, the book of Romans, Paul's letter to the church at Rome. He says we need to submit to authorities, but submit to authorities to the extent where it does not go against the laws and the commands of what God has given to us in his word. So at that time, we choose to obey what God asks us to do. But all other times we submit and to authority, we do what they ask us to do. Yes, thank you for sharing the thoughts and insights very valuable. Yes, Sayee. Yes, Pastor, for me, it's from verse one to verse four where Paul here counsels Timothy and I guess every one of us in part of the body of Christ, you know, to render supplication and prayers and intercession for all men. And then he now gives a detail of what he means by all men starting with kings, which represents all those in authority, our leaders, presidents, kings, what not, various levels of leadership in the nation or a country we find ourselves. And for me, I guess for me, the revelation I got from this scripture is that there is a link between the prayers of the saints and that's the church to the leaders of that land where they find themselves and the peace and tranquility they enjoy and experience. And then most importantly, and a link between also the harvest of souls in that place. So if we pray for our leaders, it will lead to peace, it will maintain the peace, it will retain the peace within that nation. Even when there's trouble, when we still pray, we can in the spirit, you know, bring peace to the land. And now in that peace, we are now able to strategize and find ways to reach out to people so that they could be saved because God is here once all men to be saved at the end of the day. And that goes to when again, remember back in the early church when they were first in persecution, and then when the persecution ceased, the church grew, you know, it's the same thing to when there's peace in the land. When we pray for our leaders to lead us right and they're able to, you know, extend peace and do things in a way that would promote tranquility. We as the church can capitalize on that opportunity to reach out to many with the gospel. So there's a link with our prayer with the leaders, the leaders in the land, the peace that we enjoy, and then the harvest we're able to make into God's kingdom. I just thought that that's something I could share from one to four of chapter two verse two. Thank you very much say well said I think all of you in this class are excellent teachers and preachers so I think I should give each of you a chapter to teach on first Timothy and second Timothy Titus and Philemon and I think I should sit back and learn from all of you. They excellent insights and true. Thank you so much. You're going to just make great teachers and preachers who will be better than any one of us. Yes. Elisha says one true God. Yes. Thank you for pointing that very important. Kennedy says decency and contentment are important in Christian life. Yes. Thank you. Well said. Yes. We have Harrison and then we'll go with Maggie. Yes, Harrison. All right. I'm citing from verse two that says for kings and all who are in the authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceful, peaceful life in all godliness and reverence. Then where you also read and foster solenience for verse 11 it says that you so also aspire to lead a quiet life to mind your own business and to work with your own hands as we commanded you. So for me one thing I'm trying to get even from the message of Paul is that when we are able to live a quiet life and we're able to mind our business. We kill hypocrisy. We kill gossiping. We kill bug biting because the time you know you're having a mind in your business. You will not be having the same time in a book nosing into other people's business. So when we look at what is happening in the church is because people don't mind their business and people are not living that peaceable and quiet life. So when we start paying attention to what Paul is teaching us then we'll start getting things right with ourself first before the church and start getting things right because it starts from us first down to the church because we are the church. And if we don't get things right about ourselves, the church will have issues. So that's one thing I want to share. Thank you. Thank you, Harrison. Very important point about maintaining peace, you know, do what you can do to pursue peace, the word of God says, and to keep the spirit of peace. So peace is very important for even for God, you know, in John chapter 17, Jesus high priestly prayer, he says, Father let them be one as we are one. So you rightly pointed out that, you know, when we're busy engaging in what God has called us to do, we don't have time to gossip to back by to do other things because we just focused so much to do. We just leave all of that to God. And when we do that, you know, God would remove things that are going to hinder the peace because we are going we are pursuing peace. And so it's so important, rather than our egos, that we are right, what we said this right what we did is right rather than fighting for that. You know, just maintaining peace and love, which is so important to keep the team to keep the church to keep the group, the ministry going. It's this is very, very important and so as leaders, as people were part of the church and leading teams or part of a team, we need to ensure that we maintain peace and togetherness and harmony and love. Thank you. Addison, Maggie, over to you. Thank you. Yeah. What I found in this chapter is that there was a two way communication between Paul and Timothy and Paul was responding to some questions that Timothy raised beforehand. For example, in verse seven, where he has to say that he's not lying, he's speaking the truth is that he's trying to prove himself to be trustworthy because he's responding. It's like there was a communication before. And second thing is on the woman not being able to teach. It's just responding to the question that Timothy asked. And I feel like those verses cannot be taken just a verse alone. We need to understand the whole concept and why he's saying that. Also on the woman will be said by child bearing if they continue faith, but every believer would be said perfect. And if no one believe or doesn't have faith, they will not be said. So yeah, we should take the whole chapter and the whole book as one big idea instead of just one on this. Thank you. Thank you, Maggie. Well said. Yes, we need to not just interpret scripture. Just as we see it or read it at face value but interpret scripture in the light of the rest of other scripture. That's one point you mentioned yes and also Paul is writing to Timothy based on information that he's received or heard from people who may have traveled from Ephesus to Macedonia where Paul is writing to Timothy also may have received a letter from Timothy. So he's writing to encourage him and also to talk about various issues the church is facing and how to handle that. Yes. Right. Thank you, Maggie. Yes, Christopher. Yes. Thank you, Pastor. So I was just actually just thinking through this point about the praying and doing supplications and giving of thanks for people in civil authority. And as I was going to also your notes, you mentioned about that in this current time, the emperor Nero was actually the emperor. And he was very much against the Christians and also persecuting them. In fact, he was the one as he was also the one who had Paul beheaded and had Peter crucified. So I'm just thinking that if you look in the current time and how we can apply this. There may be situations or governments or people in civil authority who are there to persecute, to really go after Christians. So I guess my question is praying is there but do we still sort of live in that environment? In that environment of persecution? And how do we have to, you know, try and, you know, do something about it, you know, besides praying and, you know, living in God in this. So I guess that is the question I have. And recently I'm just to point out, you know, I've been also doing a bit of research on, you know, the state of Israel and how they are, you know, how they also are, you know, in a situation where they are, you know, a small nation that is sitting right among all the other nations that a lot of them are against them. And they have basically, you know, they're showing a lot of, showing a lot of strength to ensure that, you know, that they are not, you know, not only just persecuted but also, you know, attacked. So just trying to understand, you know, what is there in this Bible scripture and how it applies in the current times. Thank you, Christopher, for your question. It's time for a break now. We'll go for a break and then after we come back from our break, we'll first begin with answering Christopher's questions and then we'll continue looking at a study of each verse in 1 Timothy chapter 2. Okay, so we'll go for a break. Thank you everyone. See you.