1 Timothy 4:13
Until I get there, make sure you read the Scriptures to the church, and encourage them by your speaking and teaching.
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In The King James Version
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
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Deuteronomy 17:19He is to keep it with him, and he is to read from it each day throughout his life, so he may learn to respect the Lord his God by being careful to follow every word of these instructions and regulations.
Psalms 1:2Instead they love to do what the law of the Lord says, and they think about it day and night.
Proverbs 2:4if you look for it as if it were silver and search for it as if it were hidden treasure;
John 5:39You search the Scriptures because you think that through them you'll gain eternal life. But the evidence they give is in support of me!
Acts 17:11The people there had a better attitude than those in Thessalonica in that they were very quick to accept the word, and every day they examined the Scriptures to make sure what they were told was right.
1 Corinthians 14:3However, the words of those who speak for God build people up—they provide 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 →