As Timothy matured, he was entrusted with even greater responsibilities, including crucial missions to strengthen the brothers. When Paul wrote to Timothy from prison in Rome about 65 C.E., Timothy was serving as a Christian elder in Ephesus.
तीमथ्याचा अनुभव वाढत गेला व कालांतराने त्याच्यावर आणखी महत्त्वाच्या जबाबदाऱ्‍या सोपवण्यात आल्या.