Let no man despise your youth; but be an example of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
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Athanasius the Apostolic
AD 373
But the wise servants of the Lord, who have really put on the new nature created in the likeness of God, listen to what he says. They apply to themselves the commandment given to Timothy, “Set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.” They keep the Easter feast so properly that even unbelievers, seeing their orderliness, must say, “God is truly with them.”
