Since he had known the Scriptures from infancy, his first instructors must have been his mother and grandmother, his father evidently not being a believer 2 Timothy 1 5
तीमथ्याला उद्देशून लिहिलेल्या पुढील शब्दांवरून तो कशाप्रकारे सेवक बनू शकला हे आपल्या लक्षात येईल: “तू तर ज्या गोष्टी शिकलास व ज्याविषयी तुझी खातरी झाली आहे त्या धरून राहा.