1 Timothy 4:16

Look to yourself as well as to your teaching. Persevere in this, for your doing so will mean salvation for yourself as well as for your hearers.

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In The King James Version

Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

In Context

15Practice these things, devote yourself to them, so that your progress may be plain to everyone.

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Cross References

Luke 21:34Be on your guard or your minds will become dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and ‘that day’ will close on you suddenly like a trap.

Acts 20:26Therefore I declare to you this day, that my conscience is clear in regard to the fate of any of you,

Romans 2:7To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give immortal life;

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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