1 Timothy 4:6
If you point out these things to the brothers and sisters you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus. You gain strength by trusting in the truth, and in the good teaching you've followed.
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5since it is made sacred by the word of God and by prayer.
7Reject what is irreligious, and old wives' tales. Make sure your exercise is spiritual—
Cross References
Proverbs 4:2for what I am passing on to you is reliable. Don't reject my teachings.
Matthew 13:52“This is why every religious teacher who's learned about the kingdom of heaven is like a house-owner who brings out from his storeroom both new and old treasures,” Jesus said.
Acts 20:31So watch out! Don't forget that for three years I went on instructing all of you night and day, often crying over you.
Romans 15:15I've been blunt in the way I have written to you about some of these things, but this is just to remind you. For God gave me grace
1 Corinthians 4:17That's why I sent Timothy to you, my trustworthy son in the Lord whom I love so much. He will remind you about the way I follow Christ, just as I always teach in every church I visit.
2 Corinthians 6:4Instead we try to demonstrate we are good servants of God in every way we can. With a great deal of patience we put up with all kinds of trouble, hardship, and distress.
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 →