Second Epistle to Timothy
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The Second Epistle to Timothy is one of the three Pastoral Epistles, traditionally attributed to Saint Paul, and is part of the canonical New Testament.
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[edit] Authorship and Date
- Further information: First Epistle to Timothy#Authorship
The majority of modern biblical scholars accept the consensus that 2 Timothy is pseudonymous and dates from the early 2nd century AD.[1] It is generally agreed that whoever the author really was, he also wrote 1 Timothy and Titus--all three referred to collectively as the Pastorals.
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In his letter, Paul urges Timothy to not have a "spirit of timidity" and to "not be ashamed to testify about our Lord" (1:7-8). He also entreats Timothy to come to him before winter, and to bring Mark with him (cf. Philippians 2:22). He was anticipating that "the time of his departure was at hand" (4:6), and he exhorts his "son Timothy" to all diligence and steadfastness in the face of false teachings, with advice about combating them with reference to the teachings of the past, and to patience under persecution (1:6–15), and to a faithful discharge of all the duties of his office (4:1–5), with all the solemnity of one who was about to appear before the Judge of the quick and the dead.
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- Second Timothy by E.H. Wendland
- EarlyChristianWritings.com discussion of 2 Timothy
- EarlyChristianWritings.com further discussion of the Pastorals (on the 1 Timothy page)
- 2nd Timothy in the New International Version
| Preceded by 1 Timothy |
Books of the Bible | Succeeded by Titus |
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