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1Ti_4:11. Παράγγελλε ταῦτα καὶ δίδασκε ] Timothy is to proclaim to the community that which Paul has enjoined to him. Ταῦτα refers not only to what is in 1Ti_4:10 (according to Hofmann: “to God’s living power and willingness to help”), but to everything that has been said previously in regard to εὐσέβεια . The two verbs παραγγέλλειν and διδάσκειν tell how he is to proclaim these things. They are not distinguished from each other as referring, the one to private, the other to public instruction, nor as expressing, the one, generally public proclamation, the other, more especially exact instruction, explanation, information (Matthies); but παραγγέλλειν , which in the N. T. has constantly the sense of “command,” indicates that Timothy is to hold up these things ( ταῦτα ) to the community as the standard of their conduct.