1 Timothy 4:16

The English Standar Version

Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:10

Be careful 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

"Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.

Isaiah 55:11

so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed 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 deeds.

Mark 13:9

"But be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them.

Luke 21:34

"But watch 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 trap.

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

Romans 16:17

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that 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 people, that by all means I might save some.

1 Corinthians 9:27

But I discipline my body and keep it under control,[2] 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 by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

Colossians 4:17

And say to Archippus, "See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord."

1 Thessalonians 2:16

by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved -- so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God's wrath has come upon them at last![5]

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 things, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress.

1 Timothy 4:6

If you put these things before the brothers,[1] you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.

2 Timothy 2:10

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

2 Timothy 3:14

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom[1] you learned it

2 Timothy 4:2

preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

Titus 1:9

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound[5] doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

Titus 2:15

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

Titus 2:7

Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,

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 fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.

James 5:20

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