But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
Ver. 22. As a son with the father] Happy son in such a father, 1 Timothy 1:2. If Jason the Thessalian held himself so happy in his tutor Chiron (Pindar. lib. 4, Pyth.), Alexander in his Aristotle, Paul in his Gamaliel, how much more was Timothy in Paul the aged, Philemon 1:9, whose not only doctrine but manner of life he knew fully and followed faithfully, 2 Timothy 3:10, as a diligent disciple!