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Second Timothy is an encyclical written in Paul's name during the first half of the second century, to address pastoral issues that had arisen and for that reason is known as a 'Pastoral epistle'. Chapter 4 is the concluding chapter, in which 'Paul' signs off and sends his greetings to the companions of Timothy, but first he tells Timothy news of others and mentions that he himself expects to die soon.

As with all pseudepigraphical documents, we should not assume that the intended recipient really was Timothy. The personal touches in this chapter were clearly intended to convince readers that this epistle was really written by Paul, and not a forgery.

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Lorine Batz

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