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Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young. Set an example for the believers in what you say and in how you live. Also set an example in how you love and in what you believe. Show the believers how to be pure.
Reference
Greek: ἀφοράω (aphoráō)
to consider attentively
Hebrew: chêzêv
a sight
Hebrew: ʼÔwn
On, an Israelite
Greek: ἐπεί (epeí)
thereupon, i.e. since (of time or cause)
Greek: ἐστί (estí)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
Greek: νεοσσός (neossós)
a youngling (nestling)
Greek: τακτός (taktós)
arranged, i.e. appointed or stated
Greek: δεῖγμα (deîgma)
a specimen (as shown)
Greek: ἀντί (antí)
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
Hebrew: bᵉmôw
in, with, by, etc.
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: mân
who or what (properly, interrogatively, hence, also indefinitely and relatively)
Greek: ἀποφθέγγομαι (apophthéngomai)
to enunciate plainly, i.e. declare
Hebrew: mâlal
to speak (mostly poetical) or say
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: πῶς (pōs)
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
Hebrew: ʼay
where? hence how?
Greek: βιόω (bióō)
to spend existence
Hebrew: chăyâʼ
to live
Greek: δή (dḗ)
a particle of emphasis or explicitness; now, then, etc.
Hebrew: ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
Greek: τακτός (taktós)
arranged, i.e. appointed or stated
Greek: δεῖγμα (deîgma)
a specimen (as shown)
Greek: πῶς (pōs)
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
Hebrew: ʼay
where? hence how?
Hebrew: ʼahab
affection (in a good or a bad sense)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Hebrew: mân
who or what (properly, interrogatively, hence, also indefinitely and relatively)
Hebrew: ʼăman
{properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain};
Greek: ὑποδείκνυμι (hypodeíknymi)
to exhibit under the eyes, i.e. (figuratively) to exemplify (instruct, admonish)
Hebrew: châvâh
properly, to live; by implication (intensively) to declare or show
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: πῶς (pōs)
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
Hebrew: ʼay
where? hence how?
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Greek: εἰλικρινής (eilikrinḗs)
judged by sunlight, i.e. tested as genuine (figuratively)
Hebrew: nᵉqêʼ
clean
Faith
2 Timothy 2:22
Parallel theme
Titus 2:7
1 Peter 5:3
1 Corinthians 11:1
Matthew 18:10
Titus 2:15
2 Timothy 2:7
James 3:13
Spirit
1 Thessalonians 1:6
Word
2 Timothy 2:15
Verse Explanation
Paul tells Timothy not to allow anyone to look down on him because of his youth but to become an example to believers in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity, showing that spiritual authority comes through character as well as position.
History
1st century AD: Timothy was likely considerably younger than Paul and served among established believers and teachers in Ephesus.