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Timothy, Second Epistle to
Second Timothy is Paul’s final recorded letter, written during his later imprisonment in Rome. He urges Timothy to remain faithful, endure suffering, preach the word, and fulfill his ministry as Paul anticipated his death.
Definition
Second Timothy is Paul’s letter to Timothy during Paul’s later imprisonment in Rome. It urges diligence, steadfastness, endurance under persecution, and faithful fulfillment of ministry.
Biblical Usage
Paul charges Timothy to remain faithful, preach the word, endure suffering, and discharge his office while anticipating his own approaching departure.
Historical Background
It was probably written about a year after First Timothy from Rome and sent by Tychicus. Paul asked Timothy to come before winter and bring Mark.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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), and he exhorts his “son Timothy” to all diligence and steadfastness, 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 quick and dead.