1 Timothy 4:15

of these things be careful; in these things be, that thy advancement may be manifest in all things;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;

16take heed to thyself, and to the teaching; remain in them, for this thing doing, both thyself thou shalt save, and those hearing thee.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:8the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

Psalms 19:14Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

Psalms 63:6If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches — I meditate on Thee.

Psalms 104:34Sweet is my meditation on Him, I — I do rejoice in Jehovah.

Psalms 119:15In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.

Psalms 119:48And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on 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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