Why Do Scholars Doubt Paul Wrote Timothy and Titus?

Paul did not write every letter later collected under his name. Scholars are in widespread agreement that several of the texts were written decades after his death.

The pastoral epistles are First Timothy and Second Timothy. Titus belongs with them. The letters date toward the end of the first century or the beginning of the second century, maybe thirty years after the death or more. Colossians, Second Thessalonians, and Ephesians are more debated, and a solid core of scholars argue the debated letters were not from the same author.