Later life activities

- Timothy became St Paul’s disciple, and later his constant companion and co-worker in preaching.

- In the year 52, Paul and Silas took Timothy along with them on their journey to Macedonia.

- Paul was impressed by several character qualities in Timothy. This included his knowledge of Judaism and the Hebrew Scriptures, his Gentile connections through his Greek father, and Timothy’s reputation as a devout Christian.

- As seeing the apostle had advantages of the Barnabas-Paul-Mark trio and had been looking for someone to complete another trio involving himself and Silas. Paul was convinced that it was worth his time and effort to mentor Timothy. Paul decided to have Timothy circumcised.