1 Timothy 4:15

Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Be not negligent of the gift [that is] in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood.

16Give heed to thyself and to the teaching; continue in them; for, doing this, thou shalt save both thyself and those that hear thee.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart from thy mouth; and thou shalt meditate upon it day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein; for then shalt thou have good success in thy ways, and then shalt thou prosper.

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

Psalms 63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches:

Psalms 104:34My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah.

Psalms 119:15I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.

Psalms 119:48And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in 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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