1 Timothy 4:12

Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 64

  “For if the Apostle Paul, writing to Timothy, said, “Let no man despise thy youth,” how much rather must it be said by your colleagues to you, “Let no man despise thy age?” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 12.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.2Festal Letters

  “But the wise servants of the Lord, who have truly put on the man which is created in God, have received gospel words, and reckon as a general commandment that given to Timothy, which saith, ‘Be thou an example to the believers in word, in conversation, in love, in faith, in purity.’” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 12.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 79

  “Believe that you are indeed chosen by him who said to his disciple, “Let no man despise thy youth,” your want of age that is, not your want of continence.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 12.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 82

  “And that he may not venture to say that “old things are passed away; and, behold, all things are become new,” let him hear the apostle’s words to Timothy, “Let no man despise thy youth.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 12.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy II.17Book II

  “Such was Paul, who gave counsel to virgins, guidance to priests, so as to offer himself as a pattern for us to copy.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 12 ff.

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Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule III.26Part III

  “But, when it is said by Paul to his disciple, These things command and teach: let no man despise thy adolescence (1 Tim. iv. 11, 12), we must understand that in the language of Holy Writ youth is sometimes called adolescence.” — the author cites it

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.15Book IV

  “And again, to him who desires to become a Gnostic, it is written, “But be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in love, in faith, in purity.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 12.

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• 1 Timothy 6:10

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.17.

• Jude 1:11

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 64.

• Genesis 39:8

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.17.

• Genesis 39:9

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.17.

• Numbers 16:9

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 64.

• Numbers 16:10

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 64.

• Deuteronomy 8:3

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.17.

• 1 Samuel 8:7

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 64.

• Psalm 34:18

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.17.

• Sirach 7:29

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 64.

• Sirach 7:31

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 64.

• Matthew 5:6

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.17.

• Matthew 8:4

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 64.

• Luke 18:11

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.17.

• Acts 23:4

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 64.

• Acts 23:5

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 64.

• 1 Corinthians 7:25

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.17.

• 2 Corinthians 6:10

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.17.

• 2 Corinthians 6:14

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.17.

• Philippians 4:11

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.17.

• Philippians 4:12

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.17.