1 Timothy 4:15

Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all.

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

16Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Psalms 19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.

Psalms 63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

Psalms 104:34Let my meditation be sweet unto him: I will rejoice in the LORD.

Psalms 119:15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

Psalms 119:48I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will 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 →

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