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4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;
5 for it is1 sanctified by the word of God and prayer.  

A Good Servant of Jesus Christ

6 If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, anourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed.  
7 But areject profane and old wives’ fables, and bexercise yourself toward godliness.  
8 For abodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, bhaving promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.  
9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance.
10 For to this end1 we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, awho is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.  
11 These things command and teach.

Take Heed to Your Ministry

12 Let no one1 despise your youth, but be an aexample to the believers in word, in conduct, in love,2 in spirit, in faith, in purity.  
13 Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to1 doctrine.  
14 aDo not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy bwith the laying on of the hands of the eldership.  
15 Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.
16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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1 Timothy 4:6

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things - Show the Church that, even now, there is danger of this apostasy; put them on their guard against it; for the forewarned are half armed. Schoettgen supposes from this verse that what is spoken above refers to the Jews alone; and that there is no reference here to a Church which in after ages might apostatize from, or corrupt, the true doctrine of our Lord and Savior. Bishop Newton and others are of a different opinion. See at the end of this chapter.

Nourished up in the words of faith - By acting as I command thee, thou wilt show that thou art a good minister of Jesus Christ, and that thou hast been nourished from thy youth upon the doctrines of faith. The apostle seems to allude here to Timothy' s Christian education. See the preface to this epistle.

Whereunto thou hast attained - ̔ · Which thou hast thoroughly understood. For the meaning of this word, see the note on Luke 1:3.




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