1 Timothy 4:15

Think on these things--exist within these things--so that thy progress may be visible among all.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

In Context

14Do not neglect the gift in thee, which was given thee by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.

16Hold firm to thyself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this thou will save both thyself and those who hear thee.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shall meditate on it day and night, that thou may observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou shall make thy way prosperous, and then thou sha

Psalms 19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.

Psalms 63:6when I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the night-watches.

Psalms 104:34Let thy meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in LORD.

Psalms 119:15I will meditate on thy precepts, and have respect for thy ways.

Psalms 119:48I will also lift up my hands to thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate on thy statutes.

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 →

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