2 Timothy Background Info

• Author: Paul
• Audience: Timothy
• Time: Most likely during Paul’s second Roman imprisonment, shortly after 1 Timothy, also after Titus. 1 Timothy was written probably in the ~mid 60s, a few years before Paul was executed under Nero in A.D. 68 at the latest.
• Location: Paul (Rome), Timothy (Ephesus)
• Purpose: Paul wrote to Timothy to encourage him and exhort him to be set apart from the world, a soldier of Christ. Paul gives instruction on watching out for false doctrine and preaching against it.