2 Timothy
The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy, usually referred to
simply as Second Timothy and often written 2 Timothy, is one
of the three Pastoral Epistles traditionally attributed to
Saint Paul, and is part of the New Testament. The
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia affirms Paul's
authorship and documents the fact that a vast majority of t...
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The Epistles to Timothy and Titus are called the Pastoral
Epistles, because they are principally devoted to directions
about the work of the pastor of a church. The First Epistle
was probably written from Macedonia, A.D. 65, in the
interval between St. Paul's first and second imprisonments
at Rome. The absence of any local reference but that i...
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was probably written a year or so after the first, and from
Rome, where Paul was for a second time a prisoner, and
was sent
to Timothy by the hands of Tychicus. In it he entreats
Timothy
to come to him before winter, and to bring Mark with
him (comp.
Phil. 2:22). He was anticipating that "the time of his
departure
was at hand" (2 Tim. 4:6)...
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TIME AND PLACE OF WRITING. In Paul's prison at Rome, just
before his martyrdom. Timothy was possibly still at Ephesus,
for Priscilla and Aquila whom Paul salutes generally resided
there (2 Timothy 4:19); also Onesiphorus, who ministered to
Paul at Ephesus and therefore it is presumable resided there
(2 Timothy 1:16-18). The Hymenaeus of 2 Timo...
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