1 Timothy 4:13
Till I come, give thyself to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
In Context
Cross References
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 Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
Psalms 1:2But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Proverbs 2:4if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
John 5:39Ye search the scriptures, for ye think that in them ye have life eternal, and they it is which bear witness concerning me;
Acts 17:11And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.
1 Corinthians 14:3But he that prophesies speaks to men [in] edification, and encouragement, and consolation.
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 →