1 Timothy 4:15
These things, be thy care, in these things, be thou, that, thine advancement, may be, manifest, unto all:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 1:8This scroll of the law must not cease out of thy mouth, but thou must talk to thyself therein, day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein,—for, then, shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and, then, shalt thou have good success.
Psalms 19:14The words of my mouth, and the soft utterance of my heart, shall come with acceptance, before thee, O Yahweh, my Rock and my Redeemer!
Psalms 63:6Should I call thee to mind upon my couch, In the watches of the night, would I breathe soft speech of thee.
Psalms 104:34Pleasing unto him, be my meditation, I, will rejoice in Yahweh.
Psalms 119:15In thy precepts, will I meditate, that I may discern thy paths.
Psalms 119:48That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.
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 →