13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

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13 Until I come,(A) devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture,(B) to preaching and to teaching.

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15 Declare these things; exhort and (A)rebuke with all authority. (B)Let no one disregard you.

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15 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.

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But (A)we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

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and will give our attention to prayer(A) and the ministry of the word.”

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preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; (A)reprove, rebuke, and (B)exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

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Preach(A) the word;(B) be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke(C) and encourage(D)—with great patience and careful instruction.

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16 (A)Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save (B)both yourself and (C)your hearers.

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16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save(A) both yourself and your hearers.

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15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,[a] a worker (A)who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 16 But (B)avoid (C)irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, 17 and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are (D)Hymenaeus and Philetus,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 2:15 That is, one approved after being tested

15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.(A) 16 Avoid godless chatter,(B) because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. 17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus(C) and Philetus,

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A Good Servant of Christ Jesus

(A)If you put these things before the brothers,[a] you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have (B)followed.

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  1. 1 Timothy 4:6 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters,[a] you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith(A) and of the good teaching that you have followed.(B)

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  1. 1 Timothy 4:6 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.

11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, (A)examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

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11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,(A) for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures(B) every day to see if what Paul said was true.(C)

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39 (A)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and (B)it is they that bear witness about me,

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39 You study[a] the Scriptures(A) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.(B) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,(C)

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  1. John 5:39 Or 39 Study

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but (A)you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

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Keep this Book of the Law(A) always on your lips;(B) meditate(C) on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.(D)

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19 And (A)it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, (B)that he may learn to fear the Lord his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them,

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19 It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life(A) so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees(B)

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if you seek it like (A)silver
    and search for it as for (B)hidden treasures,
then (C)you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.

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and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,(A)
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.(B)

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Mem

97 Oh how (A)I love your law!
    It is my (B)meditation all the day.
98 Your commandment makes me (C)wiser than my enemies,
    for it is ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for (D)your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than (E)the aged,[a]
    for I (F)keep your precepts.
101 I (G)hold back my feet from every evil way,
    in order to keep your word.
102 I do not turn aside from your rules,
    for you have taught me.
103 How (H)sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
    therefore (I)I hate every false way.

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  1. Psalm 119:100 Or the elders

מ Mem

97 Oh, how I love your law!(A)
    I meditate(B) on it all day long.
98 Your commands are always with me
    and make me wiser(C) than my enemies.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
    for I meditate on your statutes.(D)
100 I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey your precepts.(E)
101 I have kept my feet(F) from every evil path
    so that I might obey your word.(G)
102 I have not departed from your laws,(H)
    for you yourself have taught(I) me.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey(J) to my mouth!(K)
104 I gain understanding(L) from your precepts;
    therefore I hate every wrong path.(M)

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