“Till I come, giue attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
- King James Version
Until I come, give attention to the {public} reading {of Scripture,} to exhortation and teaching.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.
- Basic English Bible
Till I come, give thyself to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
- Darby Bible
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
- Webster's Bible
Till I come, bestow your attention on reading, exhortation and teaching.
- Weymouth Bible
Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.
- World English Bible
Tyl Y come, take tent to redyng, to exortacioun and teching.
- Wycliffe Bible
till I come, give heed to the reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Timothy 4:13
4:13 Give thyself to reading - Both publicly and privately. Enthusiasts, observe this! Expect no end without the means.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Timothy 4:13
1Ti 4:13 Give attendance to reading. To the reading of the Scriptures to the people. In that age, when printed books were unknown, the knowledge of the Scriptures had to be communicated in this way. To doctrine. To instruction.