Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.
Good ministers stir up remembrance of what believers already know; we are slow to learn and apt to forget the things of God. While you teach others, you teach yourself, and this is how ministers grow in faith alongside their brethren.
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Commenting on 1 Timothy 4:6-16
Act so as to be respected despite your youth; become a pattern to them. In word and conversation, in charity and faith, show by your example how they ought to live, making men not to despise or disregard your years.
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The Spirit plainly warns that false teachers will come, placing all holiness in outward ceremonies while they shadow the true spiritual worship of God. Men love hypocrisy by nature, and Satan finds it easy work to persuade them that God is honored by ceremonies rather than by the heart.
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Commenting on 1 Timothy 4:1-16