<p>4:17- see on Acts 2:46.</p><p><i>For this cause have I sent to you </i><i>Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord- </i>See on :14<i> But to encourage you.</i></p><p><i>Who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church</i>- As noted on :16, Paul saw himself as their spiritual father and asked them to mimic him. He draws a parallel between &quot;my ways&quot; and what &quot;I teach&quot;; he felt that his example was as it were the word becoming flesh. And yet Paul felt keenly his sinfulness. It was this which perhaps gives even more edge to his invitation to mimic him. He sensed that he was a pattern for others, but this didn't make him blind to his own failures.</p>