1 Timothy 4:11 (ASV)

Passage

These things command and teach.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 4:9 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation.

1 Timothy 4:10 For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.

1 Timothy 4:11 These things command and teach.

1 Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 4:13 Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "things", "command", and "teach". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "things" and "command", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "For to this end we labor and..." into verse 12's "Let no man despise thy youth but...", so "things" and "command" belong inside that flow. In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "things" and "command" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.