If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.
Homer Kent builds on this idea, saying, "The minister can do much to win support to true doctrine by a moderate manner of presenting the truth. This does not mean compromising. But it does mean a calm and logical explanation of biblical teaching. Such an approach is especially becoming in a younger minister, where dogmatism and a domineering spirit are most displeasing" (155).