Text -- 1 Timothy 4:13 (NET)

4:13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ti 4:13

¹ tn Grk “reading.”

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.