Paul's Epistle to Timothy Paul wrote an epistle to Timothy because some were not teaching sound doctrine, and this is the reason elders are needed in the church. Vs 2 "Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord." Vs 3 "As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine," Vs 4 "Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith; so do." (KJV I Timothy 1:2;4) Paul's...