Second Epistle to Timothy

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New Testament epistle canonical scripture pastoral epistle

The Second Epistle to Timothy is a New Testament pastoral letter offering personal encouragement and final instructions to Timothy, traditionally regarded as the Apostle Paul’s last written work before his martyrdom.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Second Epistle to Timothy canonical 15
2 Timothy 6
2 Timothy 3:11 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Testament epistle ⓘ
canonical scripture ⓘ
pastoral epistle ⓘ
addressee Timothy ⓘ
addressesTopic Scripture use in teaching ⓘ
apostasy ⓘ
church leadership ⓘ
sound doctrine ⓘ
suffering for Christ ⓘ
approximateDateTraditional mid-60s CE ⓘ
canonicalStatus universally accepted in major Christian traditions ⓘ
chapterCount 4 ⓘ
closingContains final benediction ⓘ
personal greetings ⓘ
travel instructions ⓘ
containsTheme Scripture and inspiration ⓘ
endurance in ministry ⓘ
faithfulness to the gospel ⓘ
final exhortations ⓘ
perseverance in suffering ⓘ
warning against false teaching ⓘ
follows First Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
genre letter ⓘ
paranetic literature ⓘ
hasCanonicalOrder 16 ⓘ
includedInCanonOf Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Protestant churches ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
keyVerse 2 Timothy 3:16 ⓘ
Second Epistle to Timothy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2 Timothy 4:7
language Koine Greek ⓘ
literaryForm personal letter ⓘ
locationInBible between First Epistle to Timothy and Epistle to Titus ⓘ
mentionsPerson Demas ⓘ
Luke ⓘ
Mark ⓘ
Onesiphorus ⓘ
Timothy ⓘ
openingFormula Apostle Paul ⓘ
surface form: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus
partOf Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Bible

New Testament ⓘ
Epistle to Titus ⓘ
surface form: Pastoral Epistles
precedes Epistle to Titus ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
settingTraditional Roman imprisonment of Paul ⓘ
testament New Testament ⓘ
traditionalAuthor Apostle Paul ⓘ
surface form: Paul the Apostle
traditionalView last letter of Paul before martyrdom ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apostle Paul → wrote → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
Apostle Paul → disputedAuthorshipOf → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
New Testament → contains → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
Codex Vaticanus → missingContent → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Timothy
Titus → groupedWith → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Timothy
Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Timothy
Saint Timothy → notableWork → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Epistle to Timothy (recipient)
Timothy → mentionedIn → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
Timothy → subjectOf → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
Commentaries on the Bible → coversBook → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Timothy
Epistle to Titus → groupedWith → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
Second Epistle to Timothy → keyVerse → Second Epistle to Timothy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Timothy 4:7
Homilies on the Epistles of Paul → commentaryOn → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
Titus (companion of Paul) → mentionedIn → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
subject surface form: Titus
Protestant Bible → containsBook → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Timothy
Lois → mentionedIn → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
Lystra → scripturalReference → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Timothy 3:11
Codex Claromontanus (D 06) → contains → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
Demas → mentionedIn → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
Onesiphorus → mentionedIn → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
Koine Greek New Testament → hasPart → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
Tychicus → mentionedIn → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
Commentary on the Pauline Epistles → covers → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Timothy
Saint Paul → wrote → Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ