1 Timothy 4:16
Hold firm to thyself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this thou will save both thyself and those who hear thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15Think on these things--exist within these things--so that thy progress may be visible among all.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 19:6and said to the judges, Consider what ye do. For ye judge not for man, but for LORD, and [he is] with you in the judgment.
Jeremiah 23:22But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words, and would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Ezekiel 33:7So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.
Acts 20:26Therefore I solemnly declare to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all men.
Romans 2:7to those who indeed seek by perseverance of good work, glory and esteem and immortality--eternal life--
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 →