Commentarii in Epistolas D. Pauli ad Timoth. ad Titum, et ad Philem. facili et perspicua methodo conscripti. A D. Benedicto Aretio bernensi theologo. Cum indice rerum memorabilium quae in hisce conti

in carrying out diverse legations. Hence it also flowed that sometimes, in writing epistles to certain Churches, he joined Timothy to himself, namely in those where he was known from his present doctrine: as in both epistles to the Thessalonians; in that which is to the Philippians, the Colossians, and in the second to the Corinthians: for because in the first to the Corinthians he is described as a legate, therefore in the other, as one known to them face-to-face, he is joined in the title with the Apostle.

In the epistle to the Romans, chapter 16, he is mentioned among those sending greetings. Throughout the other apostolic epistles, there is great praise for him, such as in 1 Thessalonians 3, verse 2, where he calls him brother and deacon of God, and συνεργὸν fellow worker in the Gospel. In Philippians 2, verse 20, he calls him ἰσόψυχον like-minded. In 1 Corinthians 4, verse 17, his beloved and faithful son in the Lord. In Romans 16, verse 21, he also acknowledges him as a συνεργὸν fellow worker. 1 Corinthians 16, verses 10-11: He does the work of the Lord as I do, therefore let no one despise him.

From all these things we understand that he was indeed a young man, but learned and most apt for the evangelical ministry, etc.

Occasion.

1. Care and solicitude extorted from the Apostle the occasion for writing this epistle: which can be gathered partly from the first chapter