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11 (A)Command and teach these things. 12 (B)Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but show yourself as (C)a model to those who believe in word, conduct, (D)love, faith, and purity. 13 (E)Until I come, give attention to the public (F)reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching. 14 Do not neglect the gift within you, which was given to you through (G)prophetic utterance with (H)the laying on of hands by the (I)council of elders. 15 Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all. 16 (J)Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will (K)save both yourself and those who hear you.

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11 Insist on these things and continue teaching them. 12 Let no one look down on your youth. Instead, be an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity. 13 Until I come, devote yourself to the reading[a] of Scripture, to encouraging, and to teaching. 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy when the elders laid their hands on you. 15 Practice these things. Constantly be involved in them, so that everyone may see your progress. 16 Pay close attention to yourself and to the doctrine. Persevere in them, because by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

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  1. 1 Timothy 4:13 Or public reading