Selah · Bible verse

1 Timothy 4:12

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.

1 Timothy 4:12 · World English Bible

In context

¹⁰For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

¹¹Command and teach these things.

¹²Let 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.

¹³Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.

¹⁴Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

Verses quoted from the World English Bible (public domain).

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日本語 · テモテへの手紙一 4:12 · 口語訳聖書あなたは、年が若いために人に軽んじられてはならない。むしろ、言葉にも、行状にも、愛にも、信仰にも、純潔にも、信者の模範になりなさい。한국어 · 디모데전서 4:12 · 개역한글누구든지 네 연소함을 업신여기지 못하게 하고 오직 말과 행실과 사랑과 믿음과 정절에 대하여 믿는 자에게 본이 되어 Español · 1 Timoteo 4:12 · Reina-Valera (1909)Ninguno tenga en poco tu juventud; pero sé ejemplo de los fieles en palabra, en conversación, en caridad, en espíritu, en fe, en limpieza.Português · 1 Timóteo 4:12 · Bíblia Livre (2018)Ninguém despreze a tua juventude, mas sê exemplo aos crentes, na palavra, no comportamento, no amor, em espírito, na fé, e na pureza.