questions of qualifications that cannot be answered from this passage, unless it simply refers back to the quality of faithfulness. Perhaps the thought is similar to that of didaktos, which describes the ability to teach required of elders (1 Tim. 3:2; see comments). That need not imply that these people are elders, as Knight has assumed.3 It is understandable why these instructions appear in a passage about being strong and enduring hardship. It would be natural for Timothy to use his strength and