15 Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.
Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Laying these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which thou hast fully followed up.
that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in [the] world, holding forth [the] word of life, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured in vain.
knowing that he who has raised the Lord Jesus shall raise us also with Jesus, and shall present [us] with you.
But I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruits of Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the saints for service,)
I remember the days of old: I meditate on all thy doing; I muse on the work of thy hands.
Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy ùword.
This book of the law shall not depart from thy mouth; and thou shalt meditate upon it day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein; for then shalt thou have good success in thy ways, and then shalt thou prosper.
And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.
Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth:
And I will meditate upon all thy work, and muse upon thy doings.
When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches:
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Commentary on 1 Timothy 4 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 4
Paul here foretels,
1Ti 4:1-5
We have here a prophecy of the apostasy of the latter times, which he had spoken of as a thing expected and taken for granted among Christians, 2 Th. 2.
1Ti 4:6-16
The apostle would have Timothy to instil into the minds of Christians such sentiments as might prevent their being seduced by the judaizing teachers. Observe, Those are good ministers of Jesus Christ who are diligent in their work; not that study to advance new notions, but that put the brethren in remembrance of those things which they have received and heard. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though you knew them, 2 Pt. 1:12. And elsewhere, I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance, 2 Pt. 3:1. And, says the apostle Jude, I will therefore put you in remembrance, Jude 5. You see that the apostles and apostolical men reckoned it a main part of their work to put their hearers in remembrance; for we are apt to forget, and slow to learn and remember, the things of God.-Nourished up in the words of faith and good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. Observe,