Let us heed these solemn exhortations. Timothy was "nourished up" in the word he

taught. He was to train himself with a view to godliness. He was to be thankful for the

mercies of God's providence granted for the "life that now is", but was to be far more

concerned for that "special salvation" which included the "life to come". Lastly he was

to be a type, a pattern, an example to believers, so that the doctrine that he taught should

be expressed and impressed with his own life, and be seen in string contrast with these

ministers of darkness, whose teaching was hypocritical, and whose consciences were

seared as with a hot iron.