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title: "2 Saint Timothy Quotes"
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# Saint Timothy

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Timothy was an early Christian evangelist and the first Bishop of Ephesus, whom the Acts of Timothy relates died around AD 97.

##  Quotes by Saint Timothy

> [A good life with contentment is itself a great wealth. For we brought nothing with us into this world, and we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-timothy/a-good-life-with-contentment-is-itself-a-great-wealth-for-we-brought/)

[Saint Timothy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-timothy/)

[Contentment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contentment/)

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> [But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish desires and schemes that plunge them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-timothy/but-people-who-long-to-be-rich-fall-into-temptation-and-are-trapped/)

[Saint Timothy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-timothy/)

[Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/)

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