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ii. In His Behavior: The young man often shows impetuosity in his actions.
iii. In His Love: This is the quality that will defeat all enemies.
iv. In His spirit: In his attitude, encouragement. John Calvin translates this word
“ardent zeal for God.”
v. In His Faith: Here Paul may have had 'faithfulness' in mind. In the fights
against
opponents, our fidelity to God and the work, is put to the test.
saw. In His Holiness: The same word (“purity”) is found in 1 Tim 5:2, in a
context of sexual purity. The heretics of 1 Tim 4:3 prohibited marriage, but
perhaps they were guilty of many sexual sins. Timothy must set a good
example in this area of his life, in which many times the
young people are weak.