Titus and Tychicus had been dispatched on missions, Crescens had gone to Galatia, Erastus had stayed in Corinth, Trophimus had been left sick at Miletus, but Mark and Timothy were to come to him.
इस स्थिति में भी वह कम - से - कम कुछ लोगों के काम पर तो निगरानी रख ही रहा था और उनके बीच तालमेल बिठा रहा था ।