Parallel Verses New International Version Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. King James Bible Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Darby Bible Translation Till I come, give thyself to reading, to exhortation, to 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; 1 Timothy 4:13 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleGive attendance to reading - Timothy could easily comprehend the apostle's meaning; but at present this is not so easy. What books does the apostle mean? The books of the Old Testament were probably what he intended; these testified of Jesus, and by these he could either convince or confound the Jews. But, whether was the reading of these to be public or private? Probably both. It was customary to read the law and the prophets in the synagogue, and doubtless in the assemblies of the Christians; after which there was generally an exhortation founded upon the subject of the prophecy. Hence the apostle says: Give attendance to reading, to Exhortation, to Doctrine. Timothy was therefore to be diligent in reading the sacred writings at home, that he might be the better qualified to read and expound them in the public assemblies to the Christians, and to others who came to these public meetings. As to other books, there were not many at that time that could be of much use to a Christian minister. In those days the great business of the preacher was to bring forward the grand facts of Christianity, to prove these, and to show that all had happened according to the prediction of the prophets; and from these to show the work of God in the heart, and the evidence of that work in a holy life. At present the truth of God is not only to be proclaimed, but defended; and many customs or manners, and forms of speech, which are to us obsolete, must be explained from the writings of the ancients, and particularly from the works of those who lived about the same times, or nearest to them, and in the same or contiguous countries. This will require the knowledge of those languages in which those works have been composed, the chief of which are Hebrew and Greek, the languages in which the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments have been originally written. Latin is certainly of the next consequence; a language in which some of the most early comments have been written; and it is worth the trouble of being learned, were it only for the sake of the works of St. Jerome, who translated and wrote a commentary on the whole of the Scriptures; though in many respects it is both erroneous and superficial. Arabic and Syriac may be added with great advantage: the latter being in effect the language in which Christ and his apostles spoke and preached in Judea; and the former being radically the same with the Hebrew, and preserving many of the roots of that language, the derivatives of which often occur in the Hebrew Bible, but the roots never. The works of various scholars prove of how much consequence even the writings of heathen authors, chiefly those of Greece and Italy, are to the illustration of the sacred writings. And he who is best acquainted with the sacred records will avail himself of such helps, with gratitude both to God and man. Though so many languages and so much reading are not absolutely necessary to form a minister of the Gospel, (for there are many eminent ministers who have not such advantages), yet they are helps of the first magnitude to those who have them and know how to use them. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I come. See on ch. 1 Timothy 3:14,15 These things write I to you, hoping to come to you shortly... to reading. Psalm 119:97-104 O how I love your law! it is my meditation all the day... Proverbs 2:4,5 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures... Acts 6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. to exhortation. Titus 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise you. to doctrine. Library Spiritual Athletics'Exercise thyself unto Godliness.'--1 TIM. iv. 7. Timothy seems to have been not a very strong character: sensitive, easily discouraged, and perhaps with a constitutional tendency to indolence. At all events, it is very touching to notice how the old Apostle--a prisoner, soon to be a martyr--forgot all about his own anxieties and burdens, and, through both of his letters to his young helper, gives himself to the task of bracing him up. Thus he says to him, in my text, amongst other trumpet-tongued … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Epistle cxxiii. To Venantius and Italica . "But Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God, and his Righteousness, and all These Things Shall be Added unto You. " Prefatory Scripture Passages. Cross References 1 Timothy 3:14 Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that, 2 Timothy 3:15 and how 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 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you. 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