1 Timothy 4:13

Be applying yourself until I come to public reading, preaching, and teaching.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Let no one despise you on account of your youth, but become an example for the faithful in word, in life, in love, in faith, in purity.

14Never neglect the gift within you, which was given in fulfilment of prophecy at the time of the laying on of hands by the elders.

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Cross References

John 5:39"You are searching the Scriptures because you suppose that in tem you have eternal life; and though these are they that bear witness concerning me,

Acts 17:11The Jews of Berea were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they very readily received the message with all readiness of mind, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether these things were so.

1 Corinthians 14:3But he who prophesies addresses words to men that build up, encourage, and console.

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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