1 Timothy 4:12
let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11Charge these things, and teach;
13till I come, give heed to the reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching;
Cross References
Matthew 18:10'Beware! — ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,
1 Corinthians 16:10And if Timotheus may come, see that he may become without fear with you, for the work of the Lord he doth work, even as I,
Philippians 4:8As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as [are] grave, as many as [are] righteous, as many as [are] pure, as many as [are] lovely, as many as [are] of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;
1 Thessalonians 2:10ye [are] witnesses — God also — how kindly and righteously, and blamelessly to you who believe we became,
1 Timothy 1:14and exceedingly abound did the grace of our Lord, with faith and love that [is] in Christ Jesus:
2 Timothy 2:15be diligent to present thyself approved to God — a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;
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 →