Is There a Coherence in Paul's Thoughts?

There's a whole bunch of clues and First Timothy and the letter Second Timothy, which are very similar letters because they're addressing the same problem. Why did Paul say, leave the rest of the ministry that we've been doing, stay in Ephesus? Because there's some really serious issues going on that's worth you staying behind. So all of those verses I just listed are pieces where Paul is explicitly or implicitly discussing what the issue is in Ephesu while he's writing the Timothy. If we read them all, collect them and sit with them for a little bit, we can actually start to sort of piece the puzzle together of what's going on.

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