1 Timothy 4:11

1 Timothy 4:11. The exhortation becomes more personal, as if the writer called to mind all that he had observed of the strength and weakness of his young disciple, and felt for and with him in the work and responsibility to which he had been, it may be, so unexpectedly called.

Command and teach. The first word points to single precepts and counsels, the latter to more systematic instruction.

These things, i.e. the precepts of this chapter specially.