1 Timothy 4:13
While I am coming, be giving heed—to the reading, to the exhorting, to the teaching:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:19so shall it be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life,—that he may learn to revere Yahweh his God, to observe all the words of this law and these statutes to do them:
Psalms 1:2But, in the law of Yahweh, is his delight,—and, in his law, doth he talk with himself day and night.
Proverbs 2:4If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,
John 5:39Ye search the Scriptures, because, ye, think, by them, to have, life age-abiding; and, those [Scriptures], are they which bear witness concerning me:
Acts 17:11and, these, were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they welcomed the word with all readiness of mind, daily, searching the Scriptures,—whether these things could be so.
1 Corinthians 14:3But, be that prophesieth, unto men, doth speak—edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
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 →