Exposition of Pastoral Epistles

DANIEL K. DAVEY

Spring 2025 | 3 credit hours

Exposition of Pastoral Epistles is an English Bible exposition course on 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus. For the past two centuries these letters’ composition and interrelationship, along with Pauline authorship, have been under siege. This course, however, treats the PE as necessary, inerrant written instruction from Paul to encourage two trusted ministry companions to oversee local churches located in ancient Ephesus (1 & 2 Timothy) and the island of Crete (Titus). Taken as a whole, Paul addresses such matters as the gospel of grace, prayer, the place of women in ministry, character qualifications for church leaders, perseverance in the faith, unity in the church, behavioral expectations the gospel demands, and the necessity of a proper eschatology. Therefore, the weight of these subjects demands our careful thought.  

As the result of taking this course, the student will be able to ...

  • identify the principal arguments against Pauline authorship and formulate a proper response.
  • classify and analyze the central themes of each letter of the PE.
  • evaluate the larger works of Fee, Lea and Griffin, and the specialized works of Belleville, DeYoung, and Schreiner.

Daniel K. Davey is the President and Professor of Bible Exposition at Virginia Beach Theological Seminary. He has taught students and led the seminary since its inception in 1995. Following his seminary studies Dr. Davey accepted a call in 1982 to become associate pastor at Colonial Baptist Church, the church which Dr. Davey’s father, Keith Davey, had started in January 1979. After serving for five years with his father, Dr. Davey accepted the call in 1987 to become senior pastor following his father’s transition to pursue missions. Read more....

25% – Weekly reading assignments
25% – 10 Evaluations
25% – Expository Sermon or Teaching Outline
15% – Memorization of 1 Timothy 3:1-13
10% – Read Pastoral Epistles three times