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Authorship:
According to the salutation, Paul wrote the epistle of 2 Timothy (2 Timothy 1:1) with the apostolic authority he received from Christ, being sent by God (2 Timothy 1:11). The author relates the struggle of his personal circumstances: he was in prison and had already been on trial (2 Timothy 4:16). He knew that his death was imminent (2 Timothy 4:6), and he had “fought a good fight” and finished his course (2 Timothy 4:7). Early church testimonies of those adhering to the orthodox faith are unanimous in stating that the apostle Paul was the author of 2 Timothy. Church leaders at the end of the first century quote from 2 Timothy, which shows that this epistle has apostolic authority.
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