apparent from a number of considerations (see Wanamaker 1990:67–68). First, his appeal to the first-person singular (“I”) in 2:18 and 3:5–6 suggests this. In the latter passage Paul says that he sent Timothy as his representative to the Thessalonians to get an update on their faith. Paul also employed Timothy as his emissary on other occasions, and in each case Timothy represented Paul’s authority, not his own (1 Cor 4:17; 16:10; Phil 2:19). Second, Paul says, “I adjure you by the Lord to have this