1 Timothy 4:6-16 - The Good Servant Of Christ

⁶ These things, submitting to the brethren, thou shall be, a noble, minister of Christ Jesus, nourishing thyself with the words of the faith, and of the noble teaching which thou hast closely studied. ⁷ But, from the profane and old-wives' stories, excuse thyself, and be training thyself unto godliness; ⁸ For, the bodily training, for little, is profitable, whereas, godliness, for all things is profitable, - having, promise, of life - the present and the coming.

⁹ Faithful, the saying! and, of all acceptance, worthy; ¹⁰ For, to this end, are we toiling and contending, because we have set our hope on a Living God, Who is Saviour of all men - specially, of such as believe.

¹¹ Be giving these things in charge, and be teaching: - ¹² Let, no one, despise, thy youth, but, an ensample, become thou of the faithful, - in discourse, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in chastity. ¹³ While I am coming, be giving heed - to the reading, to the exhorting, to the teaching: ¹⁴ Be not careless of the gift of favour, that is in thee, which was given thee through means of prophesying, along with a laying on of the hands of the eldership. ¹⁵ These things, be thy care, in these things, be thou, that, thine advancement, may be, manifest, unto all: ¹⁶ Be giving heed to thyself, and to thy teaching, - abide still in them; for, this doing, both, thyself, shalt thou save, and them that hearken to thee.