But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.
A threefold wisdom is perhaps discernible in regard to these qualities, righteousness and godliness representing the more general fulfillment of Divine injunctions, faith and love specifying more particularly the motive powers of the Christian life, patience and meekness being the qualities necessary for meeting human antagonism and adverse circumstances (97).