1 Timothy 4:15

ταῦτα : i.e., reading, exhortation, teaching. μελέτα : practise, exercise thyself in, rather than meditari. So R.V., Be diligent in. (Bengel compares γύμναζε 1 Timothy 4:7.) Cf. Psalms 1:2, ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτοῦ μελετήσει, “In his law will he exercise himself,” P.B.V., quoted by Prof. Scholefield.

ἐν τούτοις ἴσθι : To the parallels cited by Wetstein, ἐν τούτοις ὁ Καῖσαρ … ἦν (Plut. Pomp. p. 656 b), “Omnis in hoc sum” (Horace Epistles, i. 1, 11) and Alford: “Totus in illis” (Horace, Sat. i. 9, 2), we may add ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου ἴσθι, Proverbs 23:17. Timothy's progress manifest to all would secure his youth from being despised: cf. Matthew 5:16.

φανερὰ ᾖ : This expression is quite Pauline; see reff.; but St. Paul more frequently has φανερὸς γενέσθαι, 1 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Corinthians 11:19; 1 Corinthians 14:25; Philippians 1:13.