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1Ti 4:12. Μηδεὶς, no man) Conduct thyself so, that no one can despise thee on the ground of being a young man. Worthless old men are glad to do so.-τύπος, a type, an example) The way of obtaining true authority.-ἐν λόγῳ, in word) public and private.-ἐν ἀναστροφῇ) in daily intercourse or conversation.-ἐν ἀγάτῃ-ἐν πνεύματι, in love-in the Spirit) 2Co 6:6, note.[38]-ἐν πίστει, in faith) Faith, considered apart from its office in justification, enters often into the middle of an enumeration of this kind, and denotes sincerity of the mind trusting in God, in prosperity and adversity: ch. 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:22 : comp. Gal 5:22, which passage has faith likewise in the middle of the enumeration.-ἐν ἁγνείᾳ, in purity) ch. 1Ti 5:2.
[38] “By the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned.” Love follows immediately after mention of the Spirit, as being its principal fruit, and that which governs the use of spiritual gifts.-ED.