1 Timothy 4:13

Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

In Context

12Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

14Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:19It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.

Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

Proverbs 2:4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

Acts 17:11Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

1 Corinthians 14:3But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort.

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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