He has completed his last missionary journey and is close to execution. Timothy is probably still in Ephesus (4:12), but Paul wants him to come to Rome to be near him in his last days (4:9).

First Timothy, Second Timothy, and Titus are known as the pastoral Pauline Epistles. The pastoral epistles were written to individuals and addressed church leadership, organization, and governance in ...

This, he said, is consistent with the church’s 2024 theme: “Send the Light,” as well as the instruction the Apostle Paul gave his son Timothy who was pastoring the church at Ephesus.