1 Timothy 4:15 Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.

◄ 1 Timothy 4:15 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.

English Standard Version
Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.

New American Standard Bible
Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Practice these things; be committed to them, so that your progress may be evident to all.

International Standard Version
Think on these things. Devote your life to them so that everyone can see your progress.

American Standard Version
Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Meditate upon these things, be wholly in these things: that thy profiting may be manifest to all.

Darby Bible Translation
Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.

Young's Literal Translation
of these things be careful; in these things be, that thy advancement may be manifest in all things;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

4:11-16 Men's youth will not be despised, if they keep from vanities and follies. Those who teach by their doctrine, must teach by their life. Their discourse must be edifying; their conversation must be holy; they must be examples of love to God and all good men, examples of spiritual-mindedness. Ministers must mind these things as their principal work and business. By this means their profiting will appear in all things, as well as to all persons; this is the way to profit in knowledge and grace, and also to profit others. The doctrine of a minister of Christ must be scriptural, clear, evangelical, and practical; well stated, explained, defended, and applied. But these duties leave no leisure for wordly pleasures, trifling visits, or idle conversation, and but little for what is mere amusement, and only ornamental. May every believer be enabled to let his profiting appear unto all men; seeking to experience the power of the gospel in his own soul, and to bring forth its fruits in his life.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

15. Meditate—Greek, "Meditate CAREFULLY upon" (Ps 1:2; 119:15; compare "Isaac," Ge 24:63).

these things—(1Ti 4:12-14). As food would not nourish without digestion, which assimilates the food to the substance of the body, so spiritual food, in order to benefit us, needs to be appropriated by prayerful meditation.

give thyself wholly to—literally, "BE in these things"; let them engross thee wholly; be wholly absorbed in them. Entire self-dedication, as in other pursuits, so especially in religion, is the secret of proficiency. There are changes as to all other studies, fashionable to-day, out of fashion to-morrow; this study alone is never obsolete, and when made the all-engrossing aim sanctifies all other studies. The exercise of the ministry threatens the spirit of the ministry, unless it be sustained within. The minister must be first his own scholar before he can be another's teacher.

profiting—Greek, "progress" towards perfection in the Christian life, and especially towards the fullest realization of the ideal of a Christian minister (1Ti 4:12).

may appear to all—not for thy glory, but for the winning of souls (Mt 5:16).