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    Lois

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    Lois, the grandmother of Timothy, was commended by Paul for her sincere faith.

    verses
    1
    first named
    2 Timothy 1:5
    last named
    2 Timothy 1:5
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Woman

    Description

    Who was Lois?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Lois was the grandmother of Timothy, a young Christian leader and companion of the apostle Paul (2Ti.1.5). In Paul's second letter to Timothy, he mentioned Lois and her daughter Eunice, Timothy's mother, commending them for their sincere faith. Paul noted that this faith first dwelt in Lois before being passed down to Eunice and then to Timothy. This suggests that Lois played a significant role in the spiritual upbringing and nurturing of her grandson, Timothy. It is likely that Lois, along with Eunice, taught Timothy the Scriptures from a young age, laying a strong foundation for his faith and future ministry (2Ti.3.14-15). Although no other details are provided about Lois in the Bible, her legacy of faith and her influence on Timothy's life serve as a testament to the importance of passing on spiritual values from one generation to the next.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Lois3 of 3 entities the graph connects to Lois, in one group: kinship 3. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.TimothyAncestor of · 28 versesEuniceMother of · 1 versefather of EuniceSpouse of · 1 verseLois

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    A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.

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    1. 2 Timothy1 verse

      1:5

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    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Timothy and Eunicefather of TimothyFather of Timothy - Greek man; husband of Eunicevia TimothyPaul, Silas, and Timothy’s recallingPaul, Silas, and Timothy’s recalling is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via TimothyPaul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersPaul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of Brothers is an event attested across 12 verses, connecting 15 pageable entities.via TimothyPaul’s remembrancePaul’s remembrance is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via TimothyTertius’ greeting of AddresseeTertius’ greeting of Addressee is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 5 pageable entities.via TimothyTimothy, Certain Men, and Paul’s command of Ephesus and False DoctrineTimothy, Certain Men, and Paul’s command of Ephesus and False Doctrine is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.

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