1 Timothy 4:15
Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
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. Psalm 20 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Psalms 63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, [And] meditate on thee in the night-watches.
Psalms 104:34Let thy meditation be sweet unto him: I will rejoice in Jehovah.
Psalms 119:15I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
Psalms 119:48I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes. ZAYIN.
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 →