1 Timothy 4:16 (WEB)

Passage

Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 4:14 Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

1 Timothy 4:15 Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.

1 Timothy 4:16 Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "attention", "yourself", "teaching", "continue", "things", "doing", "save", and "both". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "attention" and "yourself", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "Be diligent in these things Give yourself...", giving immediate footing for "attention" and "yourself". In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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