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I REALLY like what the bible calls, youth. Ive been reading in 1 Timothy and as I came across chapter 4:12 it reads let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit,[b] in faith, in purity. So I wondered, how old was Timothy anyway? Here is what I found. The Greek term for “youth” is neotes. In this culture, someone could be called a “youth” until they were forty years old. According to Irenaeus, “Thirty is the first stage of a young man’s age, and extends to forty, as all will admit.”[1] Earle comments, “The word for ‘youth’ (KJV) is neotēs, ‘used of grown-up military age, extending to the 40th year.’”[2] So at 45, in biblical times, Id be considered just outside of my youth!! Woo hoo.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:30:16 +0000

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