In chapter four, Paul continues his advice for Timothy. Some of it is personal advice, some of it is ministerial.
Paul advises Timothy to not be drawn by bad doctrine. The specific ones that Paul refers to include forbidding people go eat certain foods and forbidding people to marry.
This is interesting because Paul advised people to not get married, but never specifically forbid it. Regarding food, it is not specified which Paul means, but we can at least presume food offered before idols. The language Paul applies pretty broad ("everything God created is good", v. 4), which could apply to unclean meats.
In contrast to this, Paul says some personal things to Timothy and we can clean some information about him.
Paul advises Timothy to not let other people look down on him because he is young. (v. 12). From this, we can infer that Timothy is fairly young or at least younger than other men in leadership positions.
Paul also refers to a gift that Timothy received when elders laid hands on him and prophesied. (v. 14). No further details are given, but given the context, it could refer to ministerial teaching or studying the Bible.
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