1 Timothy 4:13 (LSB)

Passage

Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 4:11 Command and teach these things.

1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but show yourself as a model to those who believe in word, conduct, love, faith, and purity.

1 Timothy 4:13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching.

1 Timothy 4:14 Do not neglect the gift within you, which was given to you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

1 Timothy 4:15 Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "until", "come", "give", "attention", "public", "reading", "scripture", and "exhortation". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "until" 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 look down on your..." into verse 14's "Do not neglect the gift within you...", so "until" 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 "until" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.