To help Timothy keep his eye on spiritual goals, Paul encouraged him, saying: “No man serving as a soldier involves himself in the commercial businesses of life, in order that he may gain the approval of the one who enrolled him as a soldier. ”
भूमध्य सागराच्या उत्तरेकडील सबंध प्रदेशात सुवार्तेचा प्रसार कसा झाला व नवनवीन मंडळ्या कशा स्थापन होत गेल्या याला तीमथ्य स्वतः साक्षीदार होता.