This charge I commit unto you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which were made concerning you, that you by them might war a good warfare;
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
When again he speaks of a charge, which implies something burdensome, he adds, “This charge I commit to you, my son Timothy.” He charges him as his son, not so much with arbitrary or despotic authority. Rather as a father, he says, “My son, Timothy.”
