Paul is writing to advise Timothy on how to be an effective pastor of the church at Ephesus, so this letter covers many diverse topics: bishops (3:1-7), deacons (3:8-13), heretics (1:3-7 ...

2 Timothy is a deeply personal letter. Paul is imprisoned in Rome for the second time (1:17). His first imprisonment apparently ended with his release (Acts 28:30). But now under the Emperor Nero ...

Salutation (Second Timothy 1:1-2) The author identifies himself as Paul, the apostle of Jesus, and uses the familiar Pauline greeting of grace and peace as all the authentic Pauline epistles do.