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Briaf an Timotheus – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="2. Briaf an Timotheus" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eil_lizher_da_Dimoteoz" title="Eil lizher da Dimoteoz – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Eil lizher da Dimoteoz" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segona_carta_a_Timoteu" title="Segona carta a Timoteu – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Segona carta a Timoteu" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druh%C3%BD_list_Timoteovi" title="Druhý list Timoteovi – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Druhý list Timoteovi" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulus%27_Andet_Brev_til_Timotheus" title="Paulus' Andet Brev til Timotheus – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Paulus' Andet Brev til Timotheus" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/2._Brief_des_Paulus_an_Timotheus" title="2. Brief des Paulus an Timotheus – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="2. Brief des Paulus an Timotheus" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauluse_teine_kiri_Timoteosele" title="Pauluse teine kiri Timoteosele – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Pauluse teine kiri Timoteosele" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%84_%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AE_%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A4%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%8C%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%BF" title="Β΄ Επιστολή προς Τιμόθεο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Β΄ Επιστολή προς Τιμόθεο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segunda_ep%C3%ADstola_a_Timoteo" title="Segunda epístola a Timoteo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Segunda epístola a Timoteo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-a_epistolo_al_Timoteo" title="2-a epistolo al Timoteo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="2-a epistolo al Timoteo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timoteori_Bigarren_Gutuna" title="Timoteori Bigarren Gutuna – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Timoteori Bigarren Gutuna" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3" title="نامه دوم به تیموتاوس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نامه دوم به تیموتاوس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuxi%C3%A8me_%C3%A9p%C3%AEtre_%C3%A0_Timoth%C3%A9e" title="Deuxième épître à Timothée – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Deuxième épître à Timothée" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twadde_Brief_oan_Tim%C3%B3te%C3%BCs" title="Twadde Brief oan Timóteüs – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Twadde Brief oan Timóteüs" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dara_Litir_Naomh_P%C3%B3l_chuig_Tiom%C3%B3id" title="Dara Litir Naomh Pól chuig Tiomóid – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Dara Litir Naomh Pól chuig Tiomóid" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="तिमताक पावलुचें दुस्रें पत्र – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="तिमताक पावलुचें दुस्रें पत्र" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%AC-m%C3%B4-thai-heu-s%C3%BB" title="Thì-mô-thai-heu-sû – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Thì-mô-thai-heu-sû" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%94%94%EB%AA%A8%ED%85%8C%EC%98%A4%EC%97%90%EA%B2%8C_%EB%B3%B4%EB%82%B8_%EB%91%98%EC%A7%B8_%ED%8E%B8%EC%A7%80" title="디모테오에게 보낸 둘째 편지 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="디모테오에게 보낸 둘째 편지" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%B8%D5%B2%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB_%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A4_%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A8_%D5%8F%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%B8%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%B6" title="Պողոս առաքյալի երկրորդ նամակը Տիմոթեոսին – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պողոս առաքյալի երկրորդ նամակը Տիմոթեոսին" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druga_poslanica_Timoteju" title="Druga poslanica Timoteju – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Druga poslanica Timoteju" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surat_Paulus_yang_Kedua_kepada_Timotius" title="Surat Paulus yang Kedua kepada Timotius – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Surat Paulus yang Kedua kepada Timotius" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Thimothewu" title="2 Thimothewu – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="2 Thimothewu" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seconda_lettera_a_Timoteo" title="Seconda lettera a Timoteo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Seconda lettera a Timoteo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1" title="האיגרת השנייה אל טימותיוס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="האיגרת השנייה אל טימותיוס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Timotius" title="II Timotius – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="II Timotius" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97_(%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94)_%E1%83%94%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94" title="ტიმოთეს მიმართ (მეორე) ეპისტოლე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ტიმოთეს მიმართ (მეორე) ეპისტოლე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urwandiko_rwa_II_rwa_Timoteyo" title="Urwandiko rwa II rwa Timoteyo – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Urwandiko rwa II rwa Timoteyo" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraka_wa_pili_kwa_Timotheo" title="Waraka wa pili kwa Timotheo – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Waraka wa pili kwa Timotheo" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistula_II_ad_Timotheum" title="Epistula II ad Timotheum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Epistula II ad Timotheum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81vila_2._v%C4%93stule_Timotejam" title="Pāvila 2. vēstule Timotejam – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pāvila 2. vēstule Timotejam" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antrasis_lai%C5%A1kas_Timotiejui" title="Antrasis laiškas Timotiejui – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Antrasis laiškas Timotiejui" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segunda_letera_a%27l_Timotee" title="Segunda letera a'l Timotee – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Segunda letera a'l Timotee" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1l_m%C3%A1sodik_levele_Tim%C3%B3theoszhoz" title="Pál második levele Timótheoszhoz – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Pál második levele Timótheoszhoz" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%98" title="Второ послание до Тимотеј – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Второ послание до Тимотеј" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistily_faharoa_ho_an%27_i_Tim%C3%B4ty" title="Epistily faharoa ho an' i Timôty – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Epistily faharoa ho an' i Timôty" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3" title="الرساله التانيه الى تيموثاوس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="الرساله التانيه الى تيموثاوس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%AC-m%C3%B2%CC%A4-t%C3%A1i,_H%C3%A2iu_C%E1%B9%B3%CC%86" title="Tì-mò̤-tái, Hâiu Cṳ̆ – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Tì-mò̤-tái, Hâiu Cṳ̆" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%90%E1%80%AD%E1%80%99%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9E%E1%80%B1%E1%80%A9%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AB%E1%80%92%E1%80%85%E1%80%AC%E1%80%92%E1%80%AF%E1%80%90%E1%80%AD%E1%80%9A%E1%80%85%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA" title="တိမောသေဩဝါဒစာဒုတိယစောင် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="တိမောသေဩဝါဒစာဒုတိယစောင်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweede_brief_van_Paulus_aan_Timote%C3%BCs" title="Tweede brief van Paulus aan Timoteüs – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Tweede brief van Paulus aan Timoteüs" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%A2%E3%83%86%E3%81%B8%E3%81%AE%E6%89%8B%E7%B4%99%E4%BA%8C" title="テモテへの手紙二 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="テモテへの手紙二" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulus%E2%80%99_andre_brev_til_Timoteus" title="Paulus’ andre brev til Timoteus – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Paulus’ andre brev til Timoteus" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/2._List_do_Tymoteusza" title="2. List do Tymoteusza – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="2. List do Tymoteusza" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segunda_Ep%C3%ADstola_a_Tim%C3%B3teo" title="Segunda Epístola a Timóteo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Segunda Epístola a Timóteo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_doua_epistol%C4%83_a_lui_Pavel_c%C4%83tre_Timotei" title="A doua epistolă a lui Pavel către Timotei – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="A doua epistolă a lui Pavel către Timotei" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timuthiyupaq_iskay_%C3%B1iqin_qillqa" title="Timuthiyupaq iskay ñiqin qillqa – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Timuthiyupaq iskay ñiqin qillqa" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BA_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%8E" title="Второе послание к Тимофею – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Второе послание к Тимофею" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_le_tusi_e_lua_a_Paulo_ia_Timoteo" title="O le tusi e lua a Paulo ia Timoteo – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="O le tusi e lua a Paulo ia Timoteo" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_Timothy" title="Second Epistle to Timothy – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Second Epistle to Timothy" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druh%C3%BD_list_Timotejovi" title="Druhý list Timotejovi – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Druhý list Timotejovi" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%83" title="Друга посланица Тимотеју – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Друга посланица Тимотеју" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druga_poslanica_Timoteju" title="Druga poslanica Timoteju – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Druga poslanica Timoteju" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toinen_kirje_Timoteukselle" title="Toinen kirje Timoteukselle – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Toinen kirje Timoteukselle" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andra_Timotheosbrevet" title="Andra Timotheosbrevet – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Andra Timotheosbrevet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikalawang_Sulat_kay_Timoteo" title="Ikalawang Sulat kay Timoteo – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Ikalawang Sulat kay Timoteo" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%81_(%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D)" title="2 திமொத்தேயு (நூல்) – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="2 திமொத்தேயு (நூல்)" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%8D%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%B6%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B5_%E0%B8%89%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88_2" title="จดหมายของนักบุญเปาโลถึงทิโมธี ฉบับที่ 2 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จดหมายของนักบุญเปาโลถึงทิโมธี ฉบับที่ 2" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2._Timoteos" title="2. Timoteos – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="2. Timoteos" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-%D0%B3%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%96%D1%8E" title="2-ге послання Тимофію – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="2-ге послання Тимофію" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%DB%92_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AE%D8%B7" title="تیمتھیس کے نام دوسرا خط – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="تیمتھیس کے نام دوسرا خط" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%89%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%89%D9%8A%D8%BA%D8%A7_%D9%8A%DB%90%D8%B2%D9%89%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A6%D9%89%D9%83%D9%83%D9%89%D9%86%DA%86%D9%89_%D8%AE%DB%95%D8%AA" title="تىموتىيغا يېزىلغان ئىككىنچى خەت – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="تىموتىيغا يېزىلغان ئىككىنچى خەت" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C6%B0_th%E1%BB%A9_hai_g%E1%BB%ADi_%C3%B4ng_Tim%C3%B4th%C3%AA" title="Thư thứ hai gửi ông Timôthê – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Thư thứ hai gửi ông Timôthê" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng 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data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8F%90%E6%91%A9%E5%A4%AA%E5%BE%8C%E6%9B%B8" title="提摩太後書 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="提摩太後書" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8F%90%E6%91%A9%E5%A4%AA%E5%BE%8C%E6%9B%B8" title="提摩太後書 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="提摩太後書" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bbc mw-list-item"><a href="https://bbc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buku_2_Timoteus" title="Buku 2 Timoteus – Batak Toba" lang="bbc" hreflang="bbc" data-title="Buku 2 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href="/wiki/Pauline_Christianity" title="Pauline Christianity">Pauline Christianity</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Paul" title="Template:Paul"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Paul" title="Template talk:Paul"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Paul" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Paul"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:016_(GA)_Sander%27s_facsimile,_Plate_VII.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/016_%28GA%29_Sander%27s_facsimile%2C_Plate_VII.jpg/220px-016_%28GA%29_Sander%27s_facsimile%2C_Plate_VII.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/016_%28GA%29_Sander%27s_facsimile%2C_Plate_VII.jpg/330px-016_%28GA%29_Sander%27s_facsimile%2C_Plate_VII.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/016_%28GA%29_Sander%27s_facsimile%2C_Plate_VII.jpg/440px-016_%28GA%29_Sander%27s_facsimile%2C_Plate_VII.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1436" data-file-height="2041" /></a><figcaption>Fragment from the <a href="/wiki/Codex_Freerianus" title="Codex Freerianus">Codex Freerianus</a> (5th century AD); the lower part shows text from 2 Timothy 1:10–12.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Second Epistle to Timothy</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is one of the three <a href="/wiki/Pastoral_epistles" title="Pastoral epistles">pastoral epistles</a> traditionally attributed to <a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">Paul the Apostle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MayMetzger2Timothy_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayMetzger2Timothy-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Addressed to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Timothy" title="Saint Timothy">Timothy</a>, a fellow missionary,<sup id="cite_ref-MayMetzger2Timothy_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayMetzger2Timothy-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is traditionally considered to be the last epistle Paul wrote before his death. The original language is <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a>. </p><p>While the Pastorals are attributed to Paul, they differ from his other letters. Since the early 19th century, scholars have increasingly viewed them as the work of an unknown follower of Paul's teachings.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HarrisPastoral_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HarrisPastoral-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This perspective arises from the fact that the Pastorals do not focus on Paul's typical themes, such as believers' unity with Christ,<sup id="cite_ref-MayMetzger2Timothy_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MayMetzger2Timothy-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and they present a church <a href="/wiki/Hierarchy" title="Hierarchy">hierarchy</a> that is more organized and defined than what existed during Paul's lifetime.<sup id="cite_ref-HarrisPastoral_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HarrisPastoral-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nonetheless, a number of scholars still defend the traditional authorship of 2 Timothy.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MurphoCon356_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MurphoCon356-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Authorship">Authorship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Epistle_to_Timothy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Authorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Pauline_epistles" title="Authorship of the Pauline epistles">Authorship of the Pauline epistles</a></div> <p>Most modern critical scholars argue that 2 Timothy, as well as the other two so-called "pastoral letters" (<a href="/wiki/1_Timothy" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Timothy">1 Timothy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_Titus" title="Epistle to Titus">Titus</a>), were not written by Paul but by an anonymous author, sometime between 90 and 140 AD.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HarrisPastoral_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HarrisPastoral-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some scholars refer to the assumedly pseudonymous author as "the Pastor".<sup id="cite_ref-HarrisPastoral_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HarrisPastoral-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The language and ideas of 2 Timothy are notably different from the other two <a href="/wiki/Pastoral_epistles" title="Pastoral epistles">pastoral epistles</a> yet similar to the later <a href="/wiki/Pauline_epistles" title="Pauline epistles">Pauline epistles</a>, especially the ones he wrote in captivity. This has led some scholars to conclude that the author of 2 Timothy is a different person from that of 1 Timothy and Titus. <a href="/wiki/Raymond_E._Brown" title="Raymond E. Brown">Raymond E. Brown</a> proposed that this letter was written by a follower of Paul who had knowledge of Paul's last days.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most scholars, both those arguing for and against its authenticity, are of the opinion that 2 Timothy belongs to a pseudepigraphic genre known as the <i>testamentary genre</i> or <i>farewell discourse</i>, the 'testament' genre contains two main elements: ethical warnings to be followed after the death of the writer and revelations of the future. The significant fact about the 'testament' genre was not in its markers but in its nature; it is argued that a piece of 'testament' literature is meant to "be a completely transparent fiction".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Murphy-O%27Connor" title="Jerome Murphy-O'Connor">Jerome Murphy-O'Connor</a>, however, argued that 2 Timothy was written by Paul and that the other two pastoral epistles were written by someone else using it as a model.<sup id="cite_ref-MurphoCon356_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MurphoCon356-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Oldest_surviving_manuscripts">Oldest surviving manuscripts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Epistle_to_Timothy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Oldest surviving manuscripts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original manuscript of this book is lost, as are about two centuries of the earliest copies. The <a href="/wiki/Textual_variants_in_the_Second_Epistle_to_Timothy" title="Textual variants in the Second Epistle to Timothy">text of surviving manuscripts varies</a>. The oldest manuscripts containing some or all of the text of this book include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> (AD 330–360)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Alexandrinus" title="Codex Alexandrinus">Codex Alexandrinus</a> (400–440)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Ephraemi_Rescriptus" title="Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus">Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus</a> (c. 450)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Freerianus" title="Codex Freerianus">Codex Freerianus</a> (c. 450)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Claromontanus" title="Codex Claromontanus">Codex Claromontanus</a> (c. 550)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Coislinianus" title="Codex Coislinianus">Codex Coislinianus</a> (c. 550)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Content">Content</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Epistle_to_Timothy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Content"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Libenice-evangelick%C3%BD-kostel-interi%C3%A9r2016p.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Libenice-evangelick%C3%BD-kostel-interi%C3%A9r2016p.jpg/220px-Libenice-evangelick%C3%BD-kostel-interi%C3%A9r2016p.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Libenice-evangelick%C3%BD-kostel-interi%C3%A9r2016p.jpg/330px-Libenice-evangelick%C3%BD-kostel-interi%C3%A9r2016p.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Libenice-evangelick%C3%BD-kostel-interi%C3%A9r2016p.jpg/440px-Libenice-evangelick%C3%BD-kostel-interi%C3%A9r2016p.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="6000" /></a><figcaption>Quotation from 2 Timothy in <a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a> translation: "Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction." (NIV)</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the letter, Paul urges <a href="/wiki/Saint_Timothy" title="Saint Timothy">Timothy</a> not to have a "spirit of timidity" and not to "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. <i><a href="/wiki/Philippians" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippians">Philippians</a></i> 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. </p><p>This letter contains one of Paul's <a href="/wiki/Christology" title="Christology">Christological</a> hymns in 2:11–13: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>It is a faithful saying:<br /> For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:<br /> If we suffer, we shall also reign with him:<br /> if we deny him, he also will deny us:<br /> If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. </p> </div><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James Version</a></cite></div></blockquote> <p>or </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>The saying is trustworthy, for:<br /> If we have died with him, we will also live with him;<br /> if we endure, we will also reign with him;<br /> if we deny him, he also will deny us;<br /> if we are faithless, he remains faithful—<br /> for he cannot deny himself. </p> </div><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/English_Standard_Version" title="English Standard Version">English Standard Version</a></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Paul is depicted in the letter, which may have been written after his death, as anticipating his being put to death and realities beyond in his valedictory found in 2 Timothy 4:6–8: "For I am now ready to be <a href="/wiki/Libation" title="Libation">offered</a>, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Portions of 2 Timothy parallel the <a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Philippians" title="Epistle to the Philippians">Epistle to the Philippians</a>, also believed to have been written (with Timothy's help) near the time of Paul's death.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Based on the traditional view that 2 Timothy was Paul's final epistle, chapter 4 talks (v. 10) about how <a href="/wiki/Demas" title="Demas">Demas</a>, formerly considered a "fellow worker", had deserted him for <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessalonica</a>, "having loved this present world". In sharp contrast to his dispute with Barnabas over Mark (Acts 15:37–40), which resulted in the two parting ways, Paul now considered Mark to be "profitable to the ministry" (v. 11). Chapter 4 also features the only biblical mention of <a href="/wiki/Pope_Linus" title="Pope Linus">Linus</a> (v. 21), who in Catholic tradition is listed as Peter's immediate successor as <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Bishop of Rome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the epistle, Paul asks Timothy to bring his coat and books to him next time he sees him.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2 Timothy 2:14-16 contains a number of commands addressed to Paul's co-worker (in the second person) about how one to teach or relate to those in disputes pertaining heresy.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The teaching of Paul was regarded authoritative by <a href="/wiki/Gnosticism" title="Gnosticism">Gnostic</a> and anti-Gnostic groups alike in the second century, but this epistle stands out firmly and becomes a basis for anti-Gnostic positions.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Epistle_to_Timothy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_inspiration#CITEREFMetzger1987" title="Biblical inspiration">Biblical inspiration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_Titus" title="Epistle to Titus">Epistle to Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_to_Timothy" title="First Epistle to Timothy">First Epistle to Timothy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itching_ears" title="Itching ears">Itching ears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textual_variants_in_the_New_Testament#Second_Epistle_to_Timothy" title="Textual variants in the New Testament">Textual variants in the Second Epistle to Timothy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Epistle_to_Timothy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The book is sometimes called the <b>Second Letter of Paul to Timothy</b>, or simply <b>2 Timothy</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is most commonly abbreviated as "2 Tim."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Epistle_to_Timothy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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Yale University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-300-13988-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-300-13988-8"><bdi>0-300-13988-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+First+and+Second+Letters+to+Timothy&rft.pub=Yale+University+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-300-13988-8&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Luke+Timothy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecond+Epistle+to+Timothy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HarrisPastoral-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HarrisPastoral_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HarrisPastoral_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HarrisPastoral_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HarrisPastoral_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarris1985" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_L_Harris" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen L Harris">Harris, Stephen L.</a> (1985), "The Pastoral Epistles", <i>Understanding the Bible</i>, Palo Alto: Mayfield, pp. 340–45</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Pastoral+Epistles&rft.btitle=Understanding+the+Bible&rft.place=Palo+Alto&rft.pages=340-45&rft.pub=Mayfield&rft.date=1985&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Stephen+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecond+Epistle+to+Timothy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MurphoCon356-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MurphoCon356_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MurphoCon356_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, <i>Paul: A Critical Life</i>, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996, pp. 356–359.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWright2018" class="citation book cs1">Wright, N. 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HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-219827-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-219827-3"><bdi>978-0-06-219827-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Paul%3A+A+Biography&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2018-02-27&rft.isbn=978-0-06-219827-3&rft.aulast=Wright&rft.aufirst=N.+T.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DpJAlDwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecond+Epistle+to+Timothy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJust" class="citation cs2">Just, Felix, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/Paul-Disputed.htm">"New Testament Letter Structure"</a>, <i>Catholic Resources</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Catholic+Resources&rft.atitle=New+Testament+Letter+Structure&rft.aulast=Just&rft.aufirst=Felix&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcatholic-resources.org%2FBible%2FPaul-Disputed.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecond+Epistle+to+Timothy" class="Z3988"></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCollins2004" class="citation cs2">Collins, Raymond F. (2004), <i>1 & 2 Timothy and Titus: A Commentary</i>, Westminster John Knox Press, p. 4, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-664-22247-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-664-22247-1"><bdi>0-664-22247-1</bdi></a>, <q>By the end of the twentieth century New Testament scholarship was virtually unanimous in affirming that the Pastoral Epistles were written some time after Paul's death...As always some scholars dissent from the consensus view.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1+%26+2+Timothy+and+Titus%3A+A+Commentary&rft.pages=4&rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-664-22247-1&rft.aulast=Collins&rft.aufirst=Raymond+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecond+Epistle+to+Timothy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrown1997" class="citation cs2">Brown, Raymond E. 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Furthermore, even for those who argue against Pauline authorship for 2 Tim, the majority opinion on genre stands with the farewell testament attribution." </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Bauckham, RJ. (2010). The Jewish World Around the New Testament. Baker Academic. pp. 144</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=2%20Timothy%204:6–8:&version=nrsv">2 Timothy 4:6–8:KJV</a>: King James Version</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReiher2012" class="citation cs2">Reiher, Jim (July 2012), "Could Philippians have been written from the Second Roman Imprisonment?", <i>Evangelical Quarterly</i>, <b>LXXXIV</b> (3): 213–33</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Evangelical+Quarterly&rft.atitle=Could+Philippians+have+been+written+from+the+Second+Roman+Imprisonment%3F&rft.volume=LXXXIV&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=213-33&rft.date=2012-07&rft.aulast=Reiher&rft.aufirst=Jim&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecond+Epistle+to+Timothy" class="Z3988"></span>: sums the other theories, offers examples of different scholars who adhere to different theories, but presents a different option for consideration.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKirsch1910" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Peter_Kirsch" title="Johann Peter Kirsch">Kirsch, Johann Peter</a> (1910). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09272b.htm">"Pope St. Linus"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i>. 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