1 Timothy 1:2. ‘ Grace, mercy, peace. ' The addition of ‘mercy' to the ‘grace and peace' of St. Paul's earlier Epistles is another characteristic of this group (2 Timothy 1; and in some MSS. Titus 1:4). As with the title ‘Saviour,' it is as though advancing years only led him to dwell more and more on that attribute of which he found so striking an example in God's treatment of himself (1 Timothy 1:16). ‘Mercy' and ‘peace' are found together in Galatians 6:16.

From God the Father. Not peculiar to these Epistles, and yet characterizing all of them (2 Timothy 1:2; Titus 1:4 ).

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