Who was Paul writing to in 2 Timothy?

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Burton L. Mack (Who Wrote the New Testament) says that the attribution to Paul of the epistles to Timothy (1 Timothy, 2 Timothy) is clearly fictional, for their language, style and thought are thoroughly un-Pauline. This is the consensus view of most New Testament scholars.

The two letters, as well as the Epistle to Titus were written at different times, undoubtedly during the first half of the second century, as demonstrated by references to the role of bishops, who begin to appear early in the second century. Their content fits nicely into the situation and thought of the church in the mid-second century. The epistles were not included in Marcion's list of Paul's letters (ca 140 CE), and quotations first appear in lrenaeus'Against Heresies, dated about 180 CE.

We do not know who wrote the two Epistles to Timothy, or where they were written, but they were written long after Paul's lifetime.

A:Paul's location while writing 1 Timothy is unknown. 2 Timothy is thought to have been written from a prison in Rome during Paul's final imprisonment. John MacArthur says in his Study Bible on Timothy that

The evidence seems clear that Paul wrote 1Timothy and Titus shortly after his release from his first Roman imprisonment (ca. 62-64AD) and 2Timothy from prison during his second Roman imprisonment (ca. 66-67AD) shortly before his death.

Paul wrote 2Timothy from somewhere in Macedonia but it is not known exactly where.

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