Date
Date
The evidence bearing on the dating of the letter has largely been canvassed in the section on Provenance. There we saw that the probabilities are that the letter was written from Rome during an imprisonment later than the one described in Acts. In that case, the letter was written in the middle 60s. If Eusebius is correct in dating the martyrdom of Paul in 67, then that or the preceding year will be the date of 2 Timothy.
Those who deny the Pauline authorship of the letter class it with the other Pastorals and usually date it some time in the second century. The three are normally discussed together, so the arguments are the same as those for 1 Timothy (see above).