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Homilies on First Timothy
St. John Chrysostom · 4th century
St. John Chrysostom · image, public domain
St. John Chrysostom preached through First Timothy verse by verse, and these are his sermons as they were taken down. Each one explains a passage and then turns to how his listeners should live.
They are full of his concern for the clergy and for the poor.
Contents
- 1The Argument5 min read
- 2Homily 1: 1 Timothy 1:1,215 min read
- 3Homily 2: 1 Timothy 1:5-715 min read
- 4Homily 3: 1 Timothy 1:12-1415 min read
- 5Homily 4: 1 Timothy 1:15,1615 min read
- 6Homily 5: 1 Timothy 1:18,1910 min read
- 7Homily 6: 1 Timothy 2:1-410 min read
- 8Homily 7: 1 Timothy 2:2-415 min read
- 9Homily 8: 1 Timothy 2:8-1010 min read
- 10Homily 9: 1 Timothy 2:11-1510 min read
- 11Homily 10: 1 Timothy 3:1-415 min read
- 12Homily 11: 1 Timothy 3:8-1015 min read
- 13Homily 12: 1 Timothy 4:1-315 min read
- 14Homily 13: 1 Timothy 4:11-1420 min read
- 15Homily 14: 1 Timothy 5.820 min read
- 16Homily 15: 1 Timothy 5:11-1520 min read
- 17Homily 16: 1 Timothy 5:21-2310 min read
- 18Homily 17: 1 Timothy 6:2-715 min read
- 19Homily 18: 1 Timothy 6:13-1610 min read
About this edition
From the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 13 (1889), edited by Philip Schaff.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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