For 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.
His public ministry also must contain a balanced diet of public reading of the scriptures, emotional warnings against evil, encouragements to right living, and faithful, logical, thorough presentations of the doctrines of God’s word (verse 13). Timothy must not neglect to use the spiritual gift he had received by the laying on of Paul’s hands (verse 14).