FUIPT EPISTLE TO THE COHINT H 1 ANS. 53 



tiiid that Timothy was a young man, younger probably than 

 those who were usually employed in the Christian mission ; 

 and that St. Paul, apprehending lest he should, on that 

 accovmt, be exposed to contempt, urges upon him the cau- 

 tion which is there inserted, " Let no man despise thy 

 youth." 



X. Chap. 16 : ] : "Now, concerning the collection for 

 th3 saints, as I have given orders to the churches of G ala- 

 lia, even so do ye." 



The churches of Galatia and Phrygia were the last 

 churches which St. Paul had visited before the writing of 

 this epistle. He M^as now at Ephesus, and he came thither 

 immediately from visiting these churches : "He went over 

 all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthen 

 ing all the disciples. And it came to pass that, while Apol- 

 los was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper 

 coasts," namely, the above-named countries, called the upper 

 coasts as being the northern part of Asia Minor, " came to 

 Ephesus." Acts 18 : 23 ; 19 : 1. These therefore, probably, 

 were the last churches at which he left directions for their 

 public conduct during his absence. Although two years 

 intervened between his journey to Ephesus and his writing 

 this epistle, yet it does not appear that during that time he 

 visited any other church. That he had not been silent, 

 when he was in Galatia, upon this subject of contribution 

 for the poor, is further made out from a hint which he lets 

 fall in his epistle to that church : " Only they," namely, the 

 other apostles, " would that we should remember the poor; 

 the same which I also was forward to do." 



XL Chap. 4:18: " Now some are pulled up, as though 

 I would not come unto you." 



Why should they suppose that h(i would not come? 

 Turn to the first chapter of the second epistle to the Corin 

 thians, and you will find that he had already disappointed 

 them: "I was minded to come unto you before, that ye 

 mio-ht have a second benefit ; and to pass by you into Mao- 



