1 Timothy 4:16
Give heed to thyself and to the teaching; continue in them; for, doing this, thou shalt save both thyself and those that hear thee.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 19:6And he said to the judges, Take heed what ye do; for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah, who will be with you in the matter of judgment.
Jeremiah 23:22But if they had stood in my council, and had caused my people to hear my words, then would they have turned them from their evil way and from the wickedness of their doings.
Ezekiel 33:7So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.
Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;
Acts 20:26Wherefore I witness to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all,
Romans 2:7to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.
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 →