1 Timothy 4:6
If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nurtured in the words of the faith and of the good teaching, which thou hast strictly followed.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
5for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
7But the profane and silly fables[4:7] avoid, and exercise thyself unto godliness.
Cross References
Matthew 13:52And he said to them: Therefore every scribe, instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure new and old.
Acts 20:31Therefore watch, remembering that for the space of three years, night and day, I ceased not to warn every one with tears.
Romans 15:15But I wrote the more boldly to you, brethren, in part as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God;
1 Corinthians 4:17For this cause I sent to you Timothy, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who will bring to your remembrance my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.
2 Corinthians 6:4but as God's ministers, commending ourselves in everything, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 4:2-6
Apostasy Foretold; Christian Liberty. ( a. d. 64.) 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be… Read the whole commentary →