1 Timothy 4:11 (GNV)

Passage

These things warne and teache.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 4:9 This is a true saying, and by all meanes worthie to be receiued.

1 Timothy 4:10 For therefore we labour and are rebuked, because we trust in the liuing God, which is the Sauiour of all men, specially of those that beleeue.

1 Timothy 4:11 These things warne and teache.

1 Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth, but be vnto them that beleeue, an ensample, in worde, in conuersation, in loue, in spirit, in faith, and in purenesse.

1 Timothy 4:13 Till I come, giue attendance to reading, to exhortation, and to doctrine.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "For therefore we labour and are rebuked..." into verse 12's "Let no man despise thy youth but...", so "things" and "warne" 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 "warne" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.