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An All-In Commitment
Commentators unanimously emphasize that the phrases 'be diligent' and 'give yourself wholly to them' call for a total, all-consuming commitment. Scholars explain this means ministry should be the primary aim of life, free from competing ambitions or worldly distractions. The Greek phrase 'be in these things' conveys the idea of being completely absorbed in the work, as one scholar puts it, 'up to his ears' in the task.
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1 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Timothy 4:15
18th Century
Theologian
Meditate upon these things. Upon the train of events by which you have been led into the ministry, and upon the responsibilities and dutie…
AT Robertson
On 1 Timothy 4:15
Be diligent in these things (ταυτα μελετα). Old verb from μελετη (care, practice), present active imperative, "keep on practising …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Timothy 4:15
19th Century
Bishop
Meditate upon these things.—Better rendered, be diligent in these things. With these words St. Paul closes this division …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Timothy 4:15
“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 …
John Calvin
On 1 Timothy 4:15
16th Century
Theologian
Take heed to these things.
The greater the difficulty in faithfully discharging the ministry of the Church, the more a pastor shoul…
John Gill
On 1 Timothy 4:15
17th Century
Pastor
Meditate on these things
Not only on those instructions, advices, and exhortations, which the apostle had given him,…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Timothy 4:11–16
17th Century
Minister
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…