The general feeling among commentators is that Timothy was a frailer type in every way than the apostle Paul, who was more robust. Timothy had stomach problems (see 1 Timothy 5:23). He also tended toward timidity, maybe because he was younger and had older congregations who said things like, “Hey, hey, when I was twenty-five, you weren’t even born.” Paul wrote to Timothy and said, “I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you [...]