Hello brother,<\/p>\n
May I know who can be considered as young in the church based on I Timothy 4?<\/p>\n
Thank you.<\/p>\n\t
“Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe<\/em>” (I Timothy 4:12).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Greek word\u00a0neotetos<\/em> simply means the early years of a person’s life. It can be applied to someone, even up to thirty — especially if he isn’t married.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Hello brother, May I know who can be considered as young in the church based on I Timothy 4? Thank you. Answer: “Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe” (I Timothy 4:12). The Greek word\u00a0neotetos simply…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[1132,76],"class_list":["post-50709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-i-timothy","tag-terminology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34201,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-becoming-a-christian-and-getting-married-be-postponed-until-people-are-at-least-20\/","url_meta":{"origin":50709,"position":0},"title":"Should becoming a Christian and getting married be postponed until people are at least 20?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hello, I looked at a page dedicated to questions and answers about baptism. 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