1 Timothy 4:11

11 Command these [things] and teach [them].

1 Timothy 4:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Timothy 4:11

These things command and teach.
] What are to be commanded, command, and what are to be taught, teach; command to refuse and reject all profane and fabulous doctrines, and exhort to the exercise of true godliness, and teach the profitableness of that, and declare the promises made unto it, and assert the truth and acceptableness of them; command, order, and encourage believers to labour and suffer reproach for the sake of Christ, and his Gospel, in hope of enjoying the said promises, and teach them to trust in the God of their lives, and the Saviour of all men; and whereas to this authoritative way of teaching, Timothy's youth might be objected by himself, and others; it follows,

1 Timothy 4:11 In-Context

9 The statement [is] trustworthy and deserving of complete acceptance.

10 For to this [end] we labor and suffer reproach, because we have put our hope in [the] living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.

11 Command these [things] and teach [them].

12 Let no one look down on your youth, but be an example for the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

13 Until I come, pay attention to the [public] reading, to exhortation, to teaching.