1 Timothy 4:13

Until I come, be diligent in reading, and in prayer, and in teaching.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12And let no one despise thy youth; but be thou a pattern for the believers, in speech, and in behavior, and in love, and in faith, and in purity.

14Despise not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, and by the laying on of the hand of the eldership.

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Cross References

John 5:39Search the scriptures; for in them, ye think, there is life eternal for you; and they testify of me.

Acts 17:11For the Jews there were more liberal than the Jews of Thessalonica; and they gladly heard the word from them daily, and searched from the scriptures whether these things were so.

1 Corinthians 14:3But he that prophesieth, speaketh unto men, for edification, and 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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