Also, unlike Paul’s epistles sent for group reading (e.g., Ephesians, Philippians, Thessalonians, Romans, Corinthians), this letter is a work of private correspondence. In it the author provides personal instructions and encouragement, including information about service in the assembly in Ephesus by elder males, deacons, and elder widows (1 Tim. 3:2–13; 5:3–16). Additionally, about twenty percent of the words that appear in this epistle are not even found elsewhere in the New Testament. But again,