1 Timothy 4:13
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
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Deuteronomy 17:19And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Proverbs 2:4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
John 5:39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Acts 17:11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
1 Corinthians 14:3But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 4:7-16
Exhortation to Godliness; Exhortation to Ministerial Duties. ( a. d. 64.) 6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 9 This is… Read the whole commentary →