Timothy Crossword for Kids (Easy, Medium and Hard)

These free Timothy crossword puzzles come in three levels, so every reader in your class can finish one. Every answer comes from the King James Bible (2 Timothy 1:1–7; 3:14–15), and each level downloads with or without an answer key.

• Easy (ages 5–7): short answers, simple clues and a word box to pick from.
• Medium (grades K–2): more words and no word box.
• Hard (grades 3–5): kids look up each verse in their Bible to find the answer.

Use them after the Timothy Bible story page, with the maze and word search.

The Bible story

Paul wrote a letter "To Timothy, my dearly beloved son," and called to remembrance "the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice." He told Timothy to "stir up the gift of God," for "God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." He reminded him that "from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." Read the whole story in 2 Timothy 1:1–7; 3:14–15 (KJV).

Memory verse: "And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." (2 Timothy 3:15, KJV). It is printed on every level.

The clues

The easy crossword has 6 answers and a word box to pick from. The medium crossword has 8 clues like these:

• "To ___, my dearly beloved son." (2 Timothy 1:2)
• Paul called Timothy "my dearly beloved ___." (2 Timothy 1:2)
• Paul remembered Timothy in his ___ night and day. (2 Timothy 1:3)
• Timothy's grandmother was named ___. (2 Timothy 1:5)
• Lois was Timothy's ___. (2 Timothy 1:5)
• Timothy's mother was named ___. (2 Timothy 1:5)
• God hath given us the spirit of ___, and of love, and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7)
• "From a child thou hast known the holy ___." (2 Timothy 3:15)

The hard crossword has 11 clues, each with its verse printed after it, so kids find the answers in their own Bible.

Answer keys

Each level downloads two ways: the puzzle on its own, or with a second page that shows the answer (the filled grid with each answer's verse). Print the key for helpers, or let kids check their own work.