<p>3:10 <i>But you, follow my teaching- </i>Paul could only write such things without pride because of his deep sense of what he wrote at the beginning of 1 Timothy; because of his serious sins and the depth of grace shown to him, he had been set up as a parade example to other Christians. The idea could equally be as in AV that Timothy had &quot;fully known&quot; Paul's teaching etc.- by reason of having travelled so much with him.</p><p><i>Conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience</i><i>- </i>Paul could say that Timothy had fully known his &ldquo;purpose&rdquo; (2 Tim. 3:10). The Greek <i>prothesis</i> is the same used in the New Testament about the shewbread- the bread openly on display before God. Paul is saying that his essential and real self was transparent, openly shown to both God and man. To say &lsquo;You&rsquo;ve fully known how open and transparent I am&rsquo; is really quite something. Who Paul showed himself to be was who he really was.</p>