What does 1 Timothy 4:13 mean?

1 Timothy 4:13 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply 1 Timothy 4:13 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

11These things command and teach.

12Let 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.

13Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

15Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

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