1 Timothy 4:13

Till I come, take attention to reading, to exhortation and teaching.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

12No man despise thy youth, but be thou ensample of faithful men (or but be an example to those in the faith), in word, in living, in charity (or in love), in faith, in chastity.

14Do not thou little care (for), [or despise], the grace which is in thee, that is given to thee by prophecy, with (the) putting on of the hands of [the] priesthood.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:19and he shall have it with him, and he shall read it in all the days of his life, that he learn to dread his Lord God, and to keep his words and his ceremonies, that be commanded in the law; (and he shall have it with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, so that he can learn to fear the Lord his God or so that he can learn to revere the Lord his God, and obey all his words and his statutes, that be commanded in the law;)

Psalms 1:2But his will is in the law of the Lord; and he shall bethink in the law of him day and night. (But his delight is in the Law of the Lord; and he shall think about his Law day and night.)

Proverbs 2:4if thou seekest it as money, and diggest it out as treasures;

John 5:39Seek ye the scriptures, in which ye guess to have everlasting life; and those it be, that bear witnessing of me. (Ye study the Scriptures, through which ye hope to gain eternal life; and they do indeed testify about me.)

Acts 17:11But these were the worthier [or the nobler] of them that be at Thessalonica, which received the word with all desire, each day seeking [the] scriptures, if these things had them so.

1 Corinthians 14:3For he that prophesieth, speaketh to men to edification (or speaketh to men for edification), and admonishing, and comforting.

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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