Background to 2 Timothy Paul’s first and second letters to Timothy, together with that to Titus, are commonly known as the Pastoral Epistles because they are written to individuals rather than churches. But while this gives them a more ‘personal’ feel and includes some intimate and loving details not found in Paul’s other epistles, this does not mean that they have nothing to say to the churches. They deal with various pastoral matters such as worship, false teaching, the social relief of widows