1 Timothy 4:11-1 Timothy 5:2 - Instructions For Ministry

¹¹ Command and teach these things [i.e., the foregoing teaching. See verse 6-7]. ¹² Do not allow anyone to look down on you because you are [so] young, but you should be an example to those who believe [in Christ] in your speech, in your conduct, in your love, in your faith [and] in your purity. ¹³ Until I come [to you], pay attention to the [public] reading [of Scripture], to exhorting people and to teaching. ¹⁴ Do not neglect [using] the gift [i.e., of serving as an evangelist. See II Tim. 4:5], which was given to you in response to a prophetic message [or, prediction], along with the laying on of the elders' hands [i.e., signifying your appointment]. ¹⁵ Be attentive to these things [i.e., all of the foregoing]; be involved in [practicing] them, so that your progress [in the ministry] will be evident to everyone. ¹⁶ Pay close attention to yourself and to what you teach [people]. Continue doing these things, for in doing them you will both save yourself and those who listen to you.

¹ Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as [you would to] your father. [Appeal to] the younger men as [you would to] your brothers; ² [to] older women as [you would to] mothers; [to] the younger women as [you would to] your sisters, in a [morally] pure way.