1 Timothy 4:6

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Summary

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

Thou put

A good

Nourished

1 Peter 2:2

Good doctrine

2 John 1:9

Thou hast

Philippians 3:16

2 Timothy 3:14

Bible References

Thou put

Therefore be on the alert; and remember that, night and day, for three years, I never ceased admonishing every one, even with tears.

But I write to you the more boldly--partly as reminding you of what you already know--because of the authority graciously entrusted to me by God,

For this reason I have sent Timothy to you. Spiritually he is my dearly-loved and faithful child. He will remind you of my habits as a Christian teacher--the manner in which I teach everywhere in every Church.

For this reason let me remind you to rekindle God's gift which is yours through the laying on of my hands.

Bring all this to men's remembrances, solemnly charging them in the presence of God not to waste time in wrangling about mere words, a course which is altogether unprofitable and tends only to the ruin of the hearers.

For this reason I shall always persist in reminding you of these things, although you know them and are stedfast believers in truth which you already possess.

This letter which I am now writing to you, dear friends, is my second letter. In both my letters I seek to revive in your honest minds the memory of certain things,

I desire to remind you--although the whole matter is already familiar to you--that the Lord saved a people out of the land of Egypt, but afterwards destroyed those who had no faith.

A good

"Therefore," He said, "remember that every Scribe well trained for the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a householder who brings out of his storehouse new things and old."

As for us Apostles, let any one take this view of us--we are Christ's officers, and stewards of God's secret truths.

It is He also who has made us competent to serve Him in connexion with a new Covenant, which is not a written code but a Spirit; for the written code inflicts death, but the Spirit gives Life.

On the contrary, as God's servants, we seek their full approval--by unwearied endurance, by afflictions, by distress, by helplessness;

But in order that you also may know how I am doing, Tychicus our dearly-loved brother and faithful helper in the Lord's service will tell you everything.

Tychicus, our much-loved brother, a trusty assistant and fellow servant with us in the Lord's work, will give you every information about me.

and sent Timothy our brother and God's minister in the service of Christ's Good News, that he might help you spiritually and encourage you in your faith;

Earnestly seek to commend yourself to God as a servant who, because of his straightforward dealing with the word of truth, has no reason to feel any shame.

Nourished

But we shall lovingly hold to the truth, and shall in all respects grow up into union with Him who is our Head, even Christ.

Such a one does not keep his hold upon Christ, the Head, from whom the Body, in all its parts nourished and strengthened by its points of contact and its connections, grows with a divine growth.

Let the teaching concerning Christ remain as a rich treasure in your hearts. In all wisdom teach and admonish one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and sing with grace in your hearts to God.

But you must cling to the things which you have learnt and have been taught to believe, knowing who your teachers were,

Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the soul, that by it you may grow up to salvation;

Good doctrine

fornicators, sodomites, slave-dealers, liars and false witnesses; and for whatever else is opposed to wholesome teaching

Be on your guard as to yourself and your teaching. Persevere in these things; for by doing this you will make certain your own salvation and that of your hearers.

So teach and exhort. If any one is a teacher of any other kind of doctrine, and refuses assent to wholesome instructions--those of our Lord Jesus Christ--and the teaching that harmonizes with true godliness,

Jesus answered their question by saying, "My teaching does not belong to me, but comes from Him who sent me.

For a time is coming when they will not tolerate wholesome instruction, but, wanting to have their ears tickled, they will find a multitude of teachers to satisfy their own fancies;

But as for you, you must speak in a manner that befits wholesome teaching.

No one has God, who instead of remaining true to the teaching of Christ, presses on in advance: but he who remains true to that teaching has both the Father and the Son.

Thou hast

But whatever be the point that we have already reached, let us persevere in the same course.

But you must cling to the things which you have learnt and have been taught to believe, knowing who your teachers were,