1 Timothy 4:13

Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:19and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Proverbs 2:4If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;

John 5:39Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

Acts 17:11Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

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