ABSTRACT
According to Acts 16:1, Timothy was a young man who joined Paul on his second tour of the Mediterranean, c.ad 50, when for the first time he moved into Europe. Paul had entrusted various important missions to him, and he stayed with Paul during much of his first imprisonment, c.60–62. He was one of Paul’s favourite young disciples, and this letter is supposed to have been written to him when Paul was in prison in Rome, waiting for his case to be heard. Paul seems to have been in house arrest or limited freedom for years, before his execution, c.ad 64–68. It is not known what became of Timothy.
