Books of the Bible / 1 Timothy
Random Verse from 1 Timothy
Roll a random verse from 1 Timothy -- 6 chapters, 113 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.”
1 Timothy 4:6
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About 1 Timothy (summary)
1 Timothy is book 54 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the New Testament. It runs 6 chapters and 113 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is 1 Timothy compared to other books of the Bible?
1 Timothy is the 42th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 113 verses across 6 chapters -- an average of 18.8 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does 1 Timothy sit among the other New Testament books?
1 Timothy is book 15 of 27 in the New Testament, and book 54 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after 1 Timothy?
2 Thessalonians comes directly before it (3 chapters). 2 Timothy comes directly after it (4 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 113 verses in 1 Timothy -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.