1 Timothy 4:10-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 For this we toil and struggle,[a] because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the savior of all, especially of those who believe.(A)
11 [b]Command and teach these things. 12 Let no one have contempt for your youth,[c] but set an example for those who believe, in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.(B)
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- 4:10 Struggle: other manuscripts and patristic witnesses read “suffer reproach.”
- 4:11–16 Timothy is urged to preach and teach with confidence, relying on the gifts and the mission that God has bestowed on him.
- 4:12 Youth: some commentators find this reference a sign of pseudepigraphy. Timothy had joined Paul as a missionary already in A.D. 49, some fifteen years before the earliest supposed date of composition.
1 Timothy 4:10-12
New International Version
10 That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God,(A) who is the Savior of all people,(B) and especially of those who believe.
11 Command and teach these things.(C) 12 Don’t let anyone look down on you(D) because you are young, but set an example(E) for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith(F) and in purity.
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