When Paul wrote to Timothy from prison in Rome about 65 C.E., Timothy was serving as a Christian elder in Ephesus.
وَحِينَ عَادَ بُولُسُ إِلَى لِسْتَرَةَ بَعْدَ سَنَتَيْنِ وَعَلِمَ بِٱلتَّقَدُّمِ ٱلَّذِي أَحْرَزَهُ تِيمُوثَاوُسُ ،‏ ٱخْتَارَهُ رَفِيقًا لَهُ فِي رِحْلَاتِهِ ٱلْإِرْسَالِيَّةِ .‏