1 Timothy 4:15

On these things meditate; give thyself wholly to them: that it may be obvious to all that thou makest advances.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

In Context

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.

16Be attentive to thyself, and to thy teaching; and persevere in them. For in doing this, thou wilt procure life to thyself and to them who hear thee.

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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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