This letter (epistle) of Second Timothy is the second of two letters
written by Paul, the apostle, to Timothy. He wrote this second letter
around late 67 or early 68 A.D. during Paul’s second imprisonment in
Rome shortly before his death.
Timothy had already received the gift of holy spirit
from God by means of the Lord Jesus Christ because he had already been
taught and he believed God's Word. Timothy’s mother was a Christian of
the Judean/Israeli background and his father was of the Gentile (other
nations) background. Paul first met Timothy as recorded in Acts 16:1-3
and traveled with Paul many times. He is also mentioned in some of
Paul’s other letters.
In this letter Paul continues to give Timothy instructions regarding what
Timothy had received from God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and regarding
his walk/behavior during the everyday living of his life.
By this time, many holy-people had departed from the truth of God’s Word.
Paul does not write about specific functions that holy-people may have
received within the one spiritual body of Christ, as he did in his first
letter.