The son of a Greek father and Jewish mother (Eunice) living at Lystra (Acts 16: 1-3; 2 Tim. 1: 5); circumcised by Paul in order that he might be of greater use for evangelistic work among Jews (Acts 16: 3); spoken of by Paul as his own "son in the faith" (1 Tim. 1: 2, 18; 2 Tim. 1: 2); at Philippi (Philip. 2: 22); at Beroea (Acts 17: 14); sent to Thessalonica (1 Thes. 3: 2); with Paul at Corinth (1 Thes. 1: 1; 2 Thes. 1: 1); sent to Macedonia (Acts 19: 22); to Corinth (1 Cor. 16: 10); with Paul in Macedonia when he wrote 2 Cor. 1: 1, 19; and at Corinth (Rom. 16: 21); followed him to Troas (Acts 20: 4-5); at Rome (Philip. 1: 1; Philip. 2: 19; Col. 1: 1; Philem. 1: 1); at Ephesus (1 Tim. 1: 3); Paul wished him to come to Rome (2 Tim. 4: 9, 21); set at liberty (the details of the imprisonment are unknown) (Heb. 13: 23). Timothy was perhaps Paul's most trusted and capable assistant, as in Philip. 2: 19-23.