Watermark Fellowship Church

``It comes from the Greek verb parakaleo, which means to call alongside, to call alongside. It was used of an attorney in a in a court of law who would come alongside someone perhaps in their defense in the court of law and help them and counsel them and encourage them and exhort them in every way. That's what the Holy Spirit does for us. And here Paul uses that word. The word exhort means it is the Greek word parakaleo. He's sending Timothy to come alongside them, to encourage them, to exhort them, and establish them in their faith. So first of all, Paul is concerned to encourage their faith.