1 Timothy 4:15

Meditate upon thesethings] Rather, to give in our idiom the emphasis of the pronoun in the two clauses, This life, this work, this gift, be diligent in practising, be wholly given up to them. Both phrases are classical and are illustrated by the well-known line of Horace Sat. i. 9, 2, -nescio quid meditans nugarum et totus in illis;" where meditansrefers to the poet's practisings and literary efforts not to mere -pensive meditation." So in the compound word Luke 21:14 -not to meditate beforehand what to answer."

thy profiting Better, with R.V., thy progress, giving to this word its full original force as in -The Pilgrim's Progress." The Greek word is a late-formed noun belonging to a classical verb, signifying to advance, as an army would do cutting down trees in the way. Cf. Philippians 1:12; Philippians 1:25 and Lightfoot. So Luke 2:52, -Jesus increased."