“Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:”
Paul in his latter Epistle to Timothy, commendeth the godliness of Timothy’s mother and grandmother. Cross references: : Rom. 16:21 ; Phil. 2:19 ; 1 Thess. 3:2 Paul himself doth not receive Timothy into the ministry without sufficient testimony, and allowance of the brethren.