1 Timothy 4:13

Until I come, apply yourself to public reading, preaching, and teaching.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but, by your conversation, your conduct, your love, your faith, and your purity, be an example to those who hold the faith.

14Do not neglect the divine gift within you, which was given you, amid many a prediction, when the hands of the church elders were laid on your head.

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Cross References

Psalms 1:2But the law of the Lord is their joy, they study it day and night.

John 5:39You search the scriptures, because you think that you find in them immortal life; and, though it is those scriptures that bear testimony to me,

Acts 17:11These Jews of Beroea were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message with great readiness, and daily examined the scriptures to see if what was said was true.

1 Corinthians 14:3But those who preach are speaking to their fellow men and women words that will build up faith, and give them comfort and encouragement.

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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