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1 Timothy 4:11-16
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1 Timothy 4:11-16
New International Version
11 Command and teach these things.(A) 12 Don’t let anyone look down on you(B) because you are young, but set an example(C) for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith(D) and in purity. 13 Until I come,(E) devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture,(F) to preaching and to teaching. 14 Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy(G) when the body of elders(H) laid their hands on you.(I)
15 Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. 16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save(J) both yourself and your hearers.
1 Timothy 4:11-16
International Standard Version
1 Timothy 4:11-16
International Standard Version
11 These are the things you must insist on and teach. 12 Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for other believers in your speech, behavior, love, faithfulness,[a] and purity. 13 Until I arrive, give your full concentration to the public reading of Scripture,[b] to exhorting, and to teaching. 14 Do not neglect[c] the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy when the elders laid their hands on you. 15 Think on these things. Devote your life to them so that everyone can see your progress. 16 Pay close attention to your life and your teaching. Persevere in these things, because if you do so, you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
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- 1 Timothy 4:12 Or faith
- 1 Timothy 4:13 Lit. on the reading
- 1 Timothy 4:14 Or Stop neglecting
1 Timothy 4:11-16
King James Version
1 Timothy 4:11-16
King James Version
11 These things command and teach.
12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
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