Paul was urging Timothy to keep applying himself in order to make progress in speech, conduct, love, faith, and chasteness, as well as in the way he fulfilled his ministry.
پولُس از تیموتاؤس خواست که همچنان در سخن‌گفتن ،‏ رفتار ،‏ محبت ،‏ ایمان ،‏ پرهیزکاری و همچنین در خدمتش به خدا پیشرفت کند .‏