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1 Timothy 4:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 16 Pay constant attention to yourself and to your teaching.+ Persevere in these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.+

1 Timothy 4:16

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 16 ἔπεχε be you having [mind] upon σεαυτῷ to yourself καὶ and τῇ to the διδασκαλίᾳ· teaching; ἐπίμενε be you remaining upon αὐτοῖς· to them; τοῦτο this γὰρ for ποιῶν doing καὶ and σεαυτὸν yourself σώσεις you will save καὶ and τοὺς the (ones) ἀκούοντάς hearing σου. of you.

1 Timothy 4:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 16 Pay constant attention to yourself+ and to your teaching.+ Stay by these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.+

1 Timothy 4:16

The Bible in Living English
- 16 Attend to yourself and to the teaching; keep on with them; for in doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.

1 Timothy 4:16

American Standard Version
- 16 Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.

1 Timothy 4:16

The Emphasized Bible
- 16 Be giving heed to thyself and to thy teaching,—Abide still in them; For this doing Both thyself shalt thou save And them that hearken to thee.

1 Timothy 4:16

King James Version
- 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

1 Timothy Study Notes—Chapter 4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 4:16
  
  Pay constant attention to yourself: Paul cares deeply about Timothy’s spiritual welfare and wants him to be on guard against anything that could cause him to lose out on everlasting life. Similarly, when Paul met with the elders from Ephesus some years earlier, he exhorted them: “Pay attention to yourselves.” He thus emphasized the need for overseers to keep themselves spiritually strong and to avoid self-reliance.—Ac 20:17, 28 and study note.
  
  Persevere in these things: In a powerful way, Paul concludes his counsel to Timothy on being “a fine minister of Christ Jesus.” (1Ti 4:6-16) In verses 15 and 16, Paul points out four specific actions he wants Timothy to continue to take: “Ponder over . . . be absorbed . . . pay constant attention . . . persevere.” One reference work comments on Paul’s fatherly advice to Timothy: “These two verses . . . express perhaps the most intensely personal note in the epistle [or, letter].”