Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. New Living Translation Until I get there, focus on reading the Scriptures to the church, encouraging the believers, and teaching them. English Standard Version Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Berean Standard Bible Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching. Berean Literal Bible Until I come, give heed to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. King James Bible Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. New King James Version Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. New American Standard Bible Until I come, give your attention to the public reading, to exhortation, and teaching. NASB 1995 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching. NASB 1977 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching. Legacy Standard Bible Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching. Amplified Bible Until I come, devote yourself to public reading [of Scripture], to preaching and to teaching [the sound doctrine of God’s word]. Christian Standard Bible Until I come, give your attention to public reading, exhortation, and teaching. Holman Christian Standard Bible Until I come, give your attention to public reading, exhortation, and teaching. American Standard Version Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Until I come, be diligent in reading, in prayer and in teaching. Contemporary English Version Until I arrive, be sure to keep on reading the Scriptures in worship, and don't stop preaching and teaching. Douay-Rheims Bible Till I come, attend unto reading, to exhortation, and to doctrine. English Revised Version Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching. GOD'S WORD® Translation Until I get there, concentrate on reading [Scripture] in worship, giving encouraging messages, and teaching people. Good News Translation Until I come, give your time and effort to the public reading of the Scriptures and to preaching and teaching. International Standard Version Until I arrive, give your full concentration to the public reading of Scripture, to exhorting, and to teaching. Literal Standard Version until I come, give heed to the reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching; Majority Standard Bible Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching. New American Bible Until I arrive, attend to the reading, exhortation, and teaching. NET Bible Until I come, give attention to the public reading of scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. New Revised Standard Version Until I arrive, give attention to the public reading of scripture, to exhorting, to teaching. New Heart English Bible Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching. Webster's Bible Translation Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Weymouth New Testament Till I come, bestow your attention on reading, exhortation and teaching. World English Bible Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching. Young's Literal Translation till I come, give heed to the reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Good Minister of Jesus Christ…12Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 13Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching. 14Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.… Cross References 1 Timothy 3:14 Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things 2 Timothy 3:15 From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Titus 2:15 Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you. Treasury of Scripture Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. I come. 1 Timothy 3:14,15 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: … to reading. Deuteronomy 17:19 And 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: Joshua 1:8 This 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. Psalm 1:2,3 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night… to exhortation. Romans 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. 1 Corinthians 14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. Titus 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. to doctrine. 1 Timothy 4:6,16 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… 1 Corinthians 14:6,26 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? … 2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. Jump to Previous Attend Attendance Attention Bestow Comforting Devote Doctrine Exhortation Heed Holy Pay Preaching Public Reading Saints Scripture Teaching Thyself WritingsJump to Next Attend Attendance Attention Bestow Comforting Devote Doctrine Exhortation Heed Holy Pay Preaching Public Reading Saints Scripture Teaching Thyself Writings1 Timothy 4 1. He foretells that in the latter times there shall be a departure from the faith.6. And to the end that Timothy might not fail in doing his duty, he furnishes him with various precepts. (13) Till I come, give attendance to reading.--The words evidently imply a hope, perhaps even an expectation, on the part of St. Paul, that he would one day be enabled once more to visit the Church of Ephesus; but so long as that absence lasted, Timothy was to attend carefully to three special points in the public ministry in which he was, in the Apostle's absence, the chief officer. The "reading" was that public reading of Scripture in the congregation--a practice borrowed from the synagogue service, when publicly the Law and the Prophets were read to the people assembled. (See Luke 4:16; Acts 13:15.) In these early Christian assemblies, about the year 66-67, the question arises, Were any Scriptures read in public besides the books of the Old Testament? No certain reply can be given: it is, however, probable, even at this very early date, that one at least of the older Gospels (probably St. Mark) was already known and used in the Christian churches, and read along with the Scriptures of the old covenant. That the reading of the "Gospels" very soon became a part of the regular service in the congregations of Christians is evident from the words of Justin Martyr, Apologia, i. 67, written in the first half of the first century. To exhortation, to doctrine.--These both most probably refer to the public ministry in the congregation. The first, "exhortation," particularly applies to the feelings. The reading of the Scriptures must be followed by an earnest practical application of their teaching to the affairs of that life in the midst of which the Christian listener was living. The word "doctrine" suggests a public teaching directed rather to the understanding of the hearers. The idea of exposition, or even of dogmatic teaching, seems here included. Verse 13. - Heed for attendance, A.V.; teaching for doctrine, A.V. Till I come (1 Timothy 3:14; 1 Timothy 1:3). Reading (τῇ ἀναγνώσει). The public reading of the Scriptures (the Lessons, as we should say). This we know was the practice in the synagogue (Luke 4:16, etc.; Acts 13:27; Acts 15:21; 2 Corinthians 3:15). We see the beginning of reading the New Testament in the Christian assemblies in Ephesians 3:4; and Colossians 4:16; and generally in the fact of Epistles being addressed by the apostles to Churches. The ἀναγνώστης, the reader, lector, was a regular order in the third and fourth centuries (Bingham, vol. 1. p. 288). The Grace is being revived in our day. Exhortation (τῇ παρακλήσει); see Acts 4:36, where Barnabas's name is interpreted as meaning "Son of exhortation" (R.V.), and Acts 13:15; comp. Romans 12:7 (where, as here, παράκλησις and διδασκαλία are coupled together); 1 Thessalonians 2:3, etc. Teaching (διδασκαλία); almost always rendered "doctrine" in the A.V. But here, where the act of teaching (like the act of reading, the act of exhorting, in the two preceding clauses) is intended, "teaching" is perhaps the best word according to our modern usage. As regards the difference between διδασκαλία and παράκλησις, the former would express "doctrinal teaching," whether of dogma or of precept, the latter entreaties to believe the one and practice the other (see Acts 11:23 and Acts 14:22 for good examples of πράκλησις).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Untilἕως (heōs) Conjunction Strong's 2193: A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until. I come, ἔρχομαι (erchomai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular Strong's 2064: To come, go. devote yourself πρόσεχε (proseche) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4337: From pros and echo; to hold the mind towards, i.e. Pay attention to, be cautious about, apply oneself to, adhere to. to the τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. public reading of Scripture, ἀναγνώσει (anagnōsei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 320: Recognition, reading; public reading (of the law and prophets in synagogue or church). From anaginosko; reading. to τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. exhortation, παρακλήσει (paraklēsei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 3874: From parakaleo; imploration, hortation, solace. [and] to τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. teaching. διδασκαλίᾳ (didaskalia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 1319: Instruction, teaching. From didaskalos; instruction. Links 1 Timothy 4:13 NIV1 Timothy 4:13 NLT 1 Timothy 4:13 ESV 1 Timothy 4:13 NASB 1 Timothy 4:13 KJV 1 Timothy 4:13 BibleApps.com 1 Timothy 4:13 Biblia Paralela 1 Timothy 4:13 Chinese Bible 1 Timothy 4:13 French Bible 1 Timothy 4:13 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 Timothy 4:13 Until I come pay attention to reading (1 Tim. 1Ti iTi 1tim i Tm) |