11Â These things command and teach. Â 12Â Let no man despise thy youth: but be thou an example of the faithful in word, in conversation, in charity, in faith, in chastity. Â 13Â Till I come, attend unto reading, to exhortation, and to doctrine. Â 14Â Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophesy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood. Â 15Â Meditate upon these things, be wholly in these things: that thy profiting may be manifest to all.
 16 Take heed to thyself and to doctrine: be earnest in them. For in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.
1 Timothy 3: 11-16