1 Timothy 4:15

Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.

16Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:8Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well.

Psalms 19:14\19:13\Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.

Psalms 63:6\63:5\My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;

Psalms 104:34Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.

Psalms 119:15I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways.

Psalms 119:48And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and I will give thought to your rules.

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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