“ If anyone does not stumble in word, this one is a perfect man, able to bridle also his whole body. ” In spite of their imperfections, however, elders can still, like Timothy, “become [examples] to the faithful ones in speaking, in conduct, in love, in faith, in chasteness. ”
हालाँकि प्राचीन असिद्ध हैं, मगर फिर भी वे तीमुथियुस की तरह, “वचन, और चाल चलन, और प्रेम, और विश्‍वास, और पवित्रता में विश्‍वासियों के लिये आदर्श बन ” सकते हैं ।