1 Timotius 4:11-13

4:11 Command and teach these things. 4:12 Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, ¹  and purity. 4:13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of scripture, ²  to exhortation, to teaching.

[4:12]  ¹ tn Or “faith.”

[4:13]  ² tn Grk “reading.”

[4:13]  sn The public reading of scripture refers to reading the scripture out loud in the church services. In a context where many were illiterate and few could afford private copies of scripture, such public reading was especially important.