1 Timothy 4:13

Until I come, give attention to the public reading of scripture, ¹  to exhortation, to teaching.

De 17:19; Jos 1:8; Ps 1:2,3; Ps 119:97-104; Pr 2:4,5; Mt 13:51,52; Joh 5:39; Ac 6:4; Ac 17:11; Ro 12:8; 1Co 14:3; 1Co 14:6,26; 1Ti 3:14,15; 1Ti 4:6,16; 2Ti 2:15-17; 2Ti 4:2; Tit 2:15

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.