1 Timothy 4:13 (DRB)

Passage

Till I come, attend unto reading, to exhortation and to doctrine.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 4:11 These things command and teach:

1 Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth: but be thou an example of the faithful, in word, in conversation, in charity, in faith, in chastity.

1 Timothy 4:13 Till I come, attend unto reading, to exhortation and to doctrine.

1 Timothy 4:14 Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood.

1 Timothy 4:15 Meditate upon these things, be wholly in these things: that thy profiting may be manifest to all.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "till", "come", "attend", "reading", "exhortation", and "doctrine". 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 man despise thy youth but..." into verse 14's "Neglect not the grace that is in...", 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.