1 Timothy 4:13

Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

14Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:19It shall be with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

Psalms 1:2but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his Torah he meditates day and night.

Proverbs 2:4if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

John 5:39“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

Acts 17:11Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

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

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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