Editing Saint Timothy (section)

==Ministry==
[[File:Statue of Saint Timothy.jpg|thumb|alt=Statue of Saint Timothy at Saint Timothy's Church in The Villages, Florida.|Statue of Saint Timothy at Saint Timothy's Church in [[The Villages, Florida]]]]
Timothy became St Paul's disciple, and later his constant companion and co-worker in preaching.<ref name="oca">{{Cite web |url=http://oca.org/saints/lives/2013/01/22/100262-apostle-timothy-of-the-seventy |title=Apostle Timothy of the Seventy |date=2013-01-22 |website=Lives of the saints |publisher=OCA |access-date=2017-06-18}}</ref> In the year 52, Paul and [[Silas]] took Timothy along with them on their journey to [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonia]]. [[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]] extols his zeal and disinterestedness in immediately forsaking his country, his house, and his parents, to follow the apostle, to share in his poverty and sufferings.<ref name="butler">{{Cite book |last=Butler |first=Alban |url=http://www.bartleby.com/210/1/241.html |chapter=Saint Timothy, Bishop and Martyr |title=The Lives of the Saints |publisher=Bartleby |volume=I: January |access-date=2017-06-18 }}</ref> Timothy may have been subject to ill health or "frequent ailments", and Paul encouraged him to "use a little wine for your stomach's sake".<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saints-timothy-and-titus/| title = "Saints Timothy and Titus", Franciscan Media| access-date = 2019-03-25| archive-date = 2020-04-14| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200414221912/https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saints-timothy-and-titus/| url-status = dead}}</ref>

When Paul went on to Athens, Silas and Timothy stayed for some time at [[Beroea]] and [[Thessalonica]] before joining Paul at [[Corinth]].<ref name= butler /> {{bibleverse|1|Thessalonians|3:1-6|NKJV}} suggests that from Corinth, Paul sent Timothy back to Thessalonika to enquire about the community's continued faith, reporting back that it was in good shape. Timothy next appears in Acts during Paul's stay in Ephesus (54–57), and in late A. D. 56 or early 57 Paul sent him forth to Macedonia with the aim that he would eventually arrive at Corinth. Timothy arrived at Corinth just after Paul's letter [[1 Corinthians]] reached that city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1 Corinthians 4:17 - Paul Warns his Children |url=https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/4-17.htm |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Bible Hub}}</ref>

Timothy was with Paul in Corinth during the winter of 57–58 when Paul dispatched his [[Letter to the Romans]].<ref>{{Bibleverse |Romans|16:21|NIV}}</ref> According to Acts 20:3–6,<ref>{{Bibleverse |Acts|20:3–6|NIV}}</ref> Timothy was with Paul in Macedonia just before [[Passover]] in 58; he left the city before Paul, going ahead of him to await Paul in [[Troad|Troas]].<ref>{{Bibleverse |Acts|20:4–5|NIV}}</ref> "That is the last mention of Timothy in Acts", Raymond Brown notes.<ref>{{Citation |last=Brown |title=An Introduction to the New Testament |page=655 |year=1997 |place=New York |publisher=Doubleday}}.</ref> In the year 64, Paul left Timothy at Ephesus, to govern that church.<ref name= butler />

His relationship with Paul was close. Timothy's name appears as the co-author on [[2 Corinthians]], [[Philippians]], [[Colossians]], [[1 Thessalonians]], [[2 Thessalonians]], and [[Epistle to Philemon|Philemon]]. Paul wrote to the Philippians about Timothy, "I have no one like him."<ref>{{Bibleverse |Philippians|2:19–23|NIV}}</ref> When Paul was in prison and awaiting martyrdom, he summoned his faithful friend Timothy for a last farewell.<ref name=oca />

That Timothy was jailed at least once during the period of the writing of the New Testament is implied by the writer of [[Epistle to the Hebrews|Hebrews]] mentioning Timothy's release at the end of the epistle.<ref>{{Bibleverse |Hebrews|13:23|NIV}}</ref>

Although not stated in the New Testament, other sources have records of the apostle's death. The apocryphal ''[[Acts of Timothy]]'' states that in the year 97 AD, the 80-year-old bishop tried to halt a procession in honor of the goddess [[Diana (mythology)|Diana]] by preaching [[the Gospel]]. The angry pagans beat him, dragged him through the streets, and [[Stoning|stoned him to death]].<ref name= oca />