1 Timothy 4:15

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Summary

1 Timothy 4:15

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

Meditate

Give

Titus 2:14

That

1 Timothy 4:6

Matthew 5:16

Philippians 2:15

Bible References

Meditate

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall read [and meditate on] it day and night, so that you may be careful to do [everything] in accordance with all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will be successful.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And on His law [His precepts and teachings] he [habitually] meditates day and night.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable and pleasing in Your sight,
O Lord, my [firm, immovable] rock and my Redeemer.

My mouth will speak wisdom,
And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.

When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate and thoughtfully focus on You in the night watches,

I will meditate on all Your works
And thoughtfully consider all Your [great and wondrous] deeds.

May my meditation be sweet and pleasing to Him;
As for me, I will rejoice and be glad in the Lord.

Remember [with awe and gratitude] the wonderful things which He has done,
His amazing deeds and the judgments uttered by His mouth [on His enemies, as in Egypt],

I will meditate on Your precepts
And [thoughtfully] regard Your ways [the path of life established by Your precepts].

I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all that You have done;
I ponder the work of Your hands.

Give

But we will [continue to] devote ourselves [steadfastly] to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

Brothers and sisters, you know that those of the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves for ministry to God’s people—now I urge you

knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and will present us [along] with you in His presence.

Not only [did they give materially] as we had hoped, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us [as His representatives] by the will of God [disregarding their personal interests and giving as much as they possibly could].

who [willingly] gave Himself [to be crucified] on our behalf to redeem us and purchase our freedom from all wickedness, and to purify for Himself a chosen and very special people to be His own possession, who are enthusiastic for doing what is good.

That

If you point out these instructions to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished [through study] on the words of the faith and of the good [Christian] doctrine which you have closely followed.

Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good deeds and moral excellence, and [recognize and honor and] glorify your Father who is in heaven.

so that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish in the midst of a [morally] crooked and [spiritually] perverted generation, among whom you are seen as bright lights [beacons shining out clearly] in the world [of darkness],