This charge I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare;

 (ii) It may be that Paul was saying to Timothy: "Be true to your name." Timothy--its full form is Timotheos ( G5095) --is composed of two Greek words, time ( G5092) which means "honour," and theos ( G2316) which means "God," and so means "honour to God." If we are called by the name Christian, one of Christ's folk, to that name we must be true. 