In his second letter to Timothy, Paul mentioned two determining factors. “ Continue in the things that you learned and were persuaded to believe, ” he wrote, “knowing from what persons you learned them and that from infancy you have known the holy writings. ”
६५ सालाच्या सुमारास जेव्हा पौलाने तुरुंगातून तीमथ्याला पत्र लिहिले तेव्हा तीमथ्य इफिसस येथे एक ख्रिस्ती वडील या नात्याने सेवा करत होता.