1 Timothy 4:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; hold to that, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Look well to yourself [to your own personality] and to [your] teaching; persevere in these things [hold to them], for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Focus on working on your own development and on what you teach. If you do this, you will save yourself and those who hear you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Pay attention to yourself and to doctrine. Pursue these things. For in doing so, you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Take heed to thyself and to doctrine: be earnest in them. For in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.

1 Timothy 4:16 Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:10

Take heed now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.”

2 Chronicles 19:6

and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you judge not for man but for the Lord; he is with you in giving judgment.

Exodus 23:13

Take heed to all that I have said to you; and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let such be heard out of your mouth.

Isaiah 55:11

so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Jeremiah 23:22

But if they had stood in my council, then they would have proclaimed my words to my people, and they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

Mark 13:9

“But take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to councils; and you will be beaten in synagogues; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them.

Luke 21:34

“But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a snare;

Acts 26:22

To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:

Acts 6:4

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

Romans 11:14

in order to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.

Romans 16:17

I appeal to you, brethren, to take note of those who create dissensions and difficulties, in opposition to the doctrine which you have been taught; avoid them.

Romans 2:7

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 9:22

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

1 Corinthians 9:27

but I pommel my body and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Ephesians 4:14

so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles.

Colossians 4:17

And say to Archippus, “See that you fulfil the ministry which you have received in the Lord.”

1 Thessalonians 2:16

by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they may be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God's wrath has come upon them at last!

1 Timothy 1:3

As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine,

1 Timothy 4:15

Practice these duties, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress.

1 Timothy 4:6

If you put these instructions before the brethren, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

2 Timothy 2:10

Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.

2 Timothy 3:14

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it

2 Timothy 4:2

preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching.

Titus 1:9

he must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it.

Titus 2:15

Declare these things; exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

Titus 2:7

Show yourself in all respects a model of good deeds, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity,

Philemon 1:19

I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one fail to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” spring up and cause trouble, and by it the many become defiled;

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited their adherents.

James 5:20

let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.