1 Timothy 4:13 (DBY)

Passage

Till I come, give thyself to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 4:11 Enjoin and teach these things.

1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one despise thy youth, but be a model of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

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

1 Timothy 4:14 Be not negligent of the gift [that is] in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood.

1 Timothy 4:15 Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "till", "come", "give", "thyself", "reading", "exhortation", and "teaching". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "till" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Let no one despise thy youth but..." into verse 14's "Be not negligent of the gift that...", so "till" and "come" 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 "till" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.