1 Timothy 4:13
13 Till [heos] I come, [erchomai] give attendance [prosecho] to reading, [anagnosis] to exhortation, [paraklesis] to doctrine. [didaskalia] KJV-Interlinear
13 Until
I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and
teaching. NASB
Timothy is commanded to
do three things.To give attendance
means to focus on, to pay attention to, to apply ones
self toward.
And Timothy was to
focus on reading, exhortation, and doctrine.
What are these?
Reading, anagnosis, refers to reading for the purpose of
studying.To read the
detail.To
study to know.To
prepare oneself in private.
Exhortation, paraklesis, means to comfort, to implore, to challenge
others.It warns people to obey, it
challenges people to advance, it rebukes people who
are indifferent.
Doctrine, didaskalia, refers to the systematic instruction of the
material.The Word of God is available
to us in written form only.It is very
difficult for folks to simply pick up and read, and then understand. Primarily because there are
certain spiritual mechanisms that must be in place in ones
life, before understanding is possible, namely confession and fellowship. Likewise background on the material is often
times necessary before a passage can be understood.
Therefore, from the
earliest of times in history, instruction has been an integral part of
spiritual growth.And if you think about
it, instruction is a fundamental part of every persons life from infancy to adulthood and
beyond.We are always learning or being
taught something, sometime in our life.
But of everything in
life that will be a part of your life, spiritual instruction is by far the most
important, because it is your preparation not only for life, but for eternity.
It is unfortunate that
most folks say that they love Jesus, but refuse the fundamental aspects of
getting to know Him.And lacking
instruction, then there is no way for you to really come to an understanding of
life, of Christ, or of how anything fits together in history.
This is the primary
priority of the instructor, and the primary priority of the student to study
and learn for instruction, and to study and learn by instruction.
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