However, internal evidence such as the fact that Timothy was alive at the time the epistle was written and the absence of any evidence showing the end of the Old Testament sacrificial system that occurred with Jerusalem's destruction in A.D. 70 indicates the book was written around A.D. 65.
Hata hivyo, ushahidi wa ndani kama vile ukweli kwamba Timotheo alikuwa hai wakati waraka uliandikwa na kukosekana kwa ushahidi wowote unaonyesha mwisho wa mfumo wa kutoa dhabihu wa Agano la kale ambao ulitokea na uharibifu wa Yerusalemu mnamo 70 BK, inaonyesha kitabu kiliandikwa karibu 65 BK.