Be diligent in these things (ταυτα μελετα). Old verb from μελετη (care, practice), present active imperative, "keep on practising …

Meditate upon these things. Upon the train of events by which you have been led into the ministry, and upon the responsibilities and dutie…

Meditate upon these things.—Better rendered, be diligent in these things. With these words St. Paul closes this division …

“Be diligent” means “care for”; it was used frequently in the sense of “practice, cultivate, take pains with,” though it is also possible for this …

Take heed to these things.

The greater the difficulty in faithfully discharging the ministry of the Church, the more a pastor shoul…

Meditate on these things
Not only on those instructions, advices, and exhortations, which the apostle had given him,…

Young people will not be despised if they keep from vanities and follies. Those who teach by their doctrine must also teach by their life. Their di…

1. Previously, the Apostle exhorted Timothy to godline ; here he gives him the formula for teaching it.

   1. First, he commands him …