12 Kei whakahawea tetahi ki a koe, he taitamariki nou; engari hei tauira koe ki te hunga whakapono, tau kupu, tau whakahaere, tou aroha, tou whakapono, tou ngakau ma.

12 let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;