1 Timothy 4:16

Give heed to yourself and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.

Montgomery New Testament

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

15Let these things be your care, give yourself wholly to them, so that your progress may be manifest to all.

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Cross References

Luke 21:34"But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be surcharged with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day catches you suddenly like a trap.

Acts 20:26So I testify to you this day that I am clear from the blood of all men;

Romans 2:7eternal life to those who by patience in well-doing strive for glory and honor and immortality;

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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