and ready to care when someone knocked on his door at night. Like his mentor, Timothy was obligated toward both public proclamation and private exhortation (Acts 20:20, 31). The whole counsel of God, which Timothy was to preach and teach, would also be profitable, as we noted earlier, for “rebuking … correcting … and training” (2 Tim. 3:16). Thus besides preaching and teaching, Timothy was commanded to “correct, rebuke, and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction” (4:2). In an obedient