1 Timothy 4:11

THE MESSAGE

Get the word out. Teach all these things. And don't let anyone put you down because you're young. Teach believers with your life: by word, by demeanor, by love, by faith, by integrity. Stay at your post reading Scripture, giving counsel, teaching. And that special gift of ministry you were given when the leaders of the church laid hands on you and prayed—keep that dusted off and in use.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Command and teach these things.

King James Version (1611)
These things command & teach.

King James Version
These things command and teach.

English Standard Version
Command and teach these things.

New American Standard Bible
Prescribe and teach these things.

New Century Version
Command and teach these things.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Prescribe and teach these things.

Legacy Standard Bible
Command and teach these things.

Berean Standard Bible
Command and teach these things.

Contemporary English Version
Teach these things and tell everyone to do what you say.

Complete Jewish Bible
Command these things and teach them.

Darby Translation
Enjoin and teach these things.

Easy-to-Read Version
Command and teach these things.

Geneva Bible (1587)
These things warne and teache.

George Lamsa Translation
These things command and teach.

Good News Translation
Give them these instructions and these teachings.

Lexham English Bible
Command these things and teach them.

Literal Translation
Enjoin and teach these things.

Amplified Bible
Keep commanding and teaching these things.

American Standard Version
These things command and teach.

Bible in Basic English
Let these be your orders and your teaching.

Hebrew Names Version
Command and teach these things.

International Standard Version
These are the things you must insist on and teach.1 Timothy 6:2;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
These teach and command.

Murdock Translation
These things teach thou, and inculcate.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
These thynges commaunde & teache.

English Revised Version
These things command and teach.

World English Bible
Command and teach these things.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
These things command and teach.

Weymouth's New Testament
Command this and teach this.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Comaunde thou this thing, and teche.

Update Bible Version
These things command and teach.

Webster's Bible Translation
These things command and teach.

New English Translation
Command and teach these things.

New King James Version
These things command and teach.

New Living Translation
Teach these things and insist that everyone learn them.

New Life Bible
Tell people that this is what they must do.

New Revised Standard
These are the things you must insist on and teach.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Be giving these things in charge, and be teaching: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
These things command and teach:

Revised Standard Version
Command and teach these things.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Suche thynges commaunde and teache.

Young's Literal Translation
Charge these things, and teach;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Soch thinges commaunde thou and teach.

Mace New Testament (1729)
These things recommend and teach.

Simplified Cowboy Version
These are the things I want you to teach and tell people.

Contextual Overview

⁶You've been raised on the Message of the faith and have followed sound teaching. Now pass on this counsel to the followers of Jesus there, and you'll be a good servant of Jesus. Stay clear of silly stories that get dressed up as religion. Exercise daily in God—no spiritual flabbiness, please! Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever. You can count on this. Take it to heart. This is why we've thrown ourselves into this venture so totally. We're banking on the living God, Savior of all men and women, especially believers. ¹¹Get the word out. Teach all these things. And don't let anyone put you down because you're young. Teach believers with your life: by word, by demeanor, by love, by faith, by integrity. Stay at your post reading Scripture, giving counsel, teaching. And that special gift of ministry you were given when the leaders of the church laid hands on you and prayed—keep that dusted off and in use. ¹⁵Cultivate these things. Immerse yourself in them. The people will all see you mature right before their eyes! Keep a firm grasp on both your character and your teaching. Don't be diverted. Just keep at it. Both you and those who hear you will experience salvation.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:2, 2 Timothy 4:2, Titus 2:15, Titus 3:8

Reciprocal: Matthew 5:19 - do 1 Timothy 1:3 - charge 1 Timothy 5:7 - General 1 Timothy 6:14 - keep

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
God told the serpent: "Because you've done this, you're cursed, cursed beyond all cattle and wild animals, Cursed to slink on your belly and eat dirt all your life. I'm declaring war between you and the Woman, between your offspring and hers. He'll wound your head, you'll wound his heel."

Genesis 4:15
God told him, "No. Anyone who kills Cain will pay for it seven times over." God put a mark on Cain to protect him so that no one who met him would kill him.

Genesis 4:16
Cain left the presence of God and lived in No-Man's-Land, east of Eden.

Genesis 4:19
Lamech married two wives, Adah and Zillah. Adah gave birth to Jabal, the ancestor of all who live in tents and herd cattle. His brother's name was Jubal, the ancestor of all who play the lyre and flute. Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who worked at the forge making bronze and iron tools. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.

Job 16:18
"O Earth, don't cover up the wrong done to me! Don't muffle my cry! There must be Someone in heaven who knows the truth about me, in highest heaven, some Attorney who can clear my name— My Champion, my Friend, while I'm weeping my eyes out before God. I appeal to the One who represents mortals before God as a neighbor stands up for a neighbor. "Only a few years are left before I set out on the road of no return."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These things command and teach. What are to be commanded, command, and what are to be taught, teach; command to refuse and reject all profane and fabulous doctrines, and exhort to the exercise of true godliness, and teach the profitableness of that, and declare the promises made unto it, and assert the truth and acceptableness of them; command, order, and encourage believers to labour and suffer reproach for the sake of Christ, and his Gospel, in hope of enjoying the said promises, and teach them to trust in the God of their lives, and the Saviour of all men; and whereas to this authoritative way of teaching, Timothy's youth might be objected by himself, and others; it follows,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These things command and teach - As important doctrines, and as embracing the sum of the Christian system. It follows from this, that a minister of the gospel is solemnly bound to teach that there is a sense in which God is the Saviour of all people. He is just as much bound to teach this, as he is that only those will be saved who believe. It is a glorious truth - and it is a thing for which a man should unceasingly give thanks to God that he may go and proclaim that He has provided salvation for all, and is willing that all should come and live.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 11. These things command and teach. — Let it be the sum and substance of thy preaching, that true religion is profitable for both worlds; that vice destroys both body and soul; that Christ tasted death for every man; and that he saves to the uttermost all them that believe in his name.