What does 1 Timothy 1:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;"
1 TIMOTHY 1:1 evpitagh,n {A} Instead of katV evpitagh,n, Codex Sinaiticus reads katV evpaggeli,an, a variant not suitable to the context; it may have arisen inadvertently from the scribe’s recollect...
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TIMOTHY. _Chronological Notes relative to this Epistle_. -Year of the Constantinopolitan era of the world, or that used by the Byzantine historians, 5573. -...
PAUL, AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST; - see the notes on Romans 1:1. BY THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD - See the notes at 1 Corinthians 1:1. OUR SAVIOUR - The name Saviour is as applicable to God the Father as...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. CONCERNING DOCTRINE CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The salutation (1 Timothy 1:1)_ 2. The charge concerning false doctrine (1 Timothy 1:3) 3. The law, its use, and in contrast with gr...
I. INTRODUCTORY· (_a_) 1 Timothy 1:1 F. SALUTATION. Paul greets Timothy, his true son in the faith. The character of his communication leads him to write, even to a personal friend, in his official c...
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the royal command of God, our Saviour, and of Jesus Christ, our Hope, writes this letter to Timothy, his true child in the faith. Grace, mercy and peace be to you...
APOSTLE. App-189. See Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:1. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. Most texts read "Christ Jesus". BY. App-104. COMMANDMENT. Greek. _epitage_. See Romans 16:26. GOD. App-98. SAVIOUR. Go...
Apostolic Faithfulness 1, 2. Greeting 1. _AN_ _apostle of Jesus Christ_ Read rather with the mss. AN APOSTLE OF CHRIST JESUS, and again with a similar transposition and omitting -Lord," CHRIST JESUS...
ἈΠΌΣΤΟΛΟΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ͂ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂. So אD2GP d f g; but Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ AKL. St Paul’s use as to the order of words in these introductory formulae varies. In _Rom._ (?), 1 _Cor._ (?), _Gal., Tit._, he adopts the...
ΕΠΙΤΑΓΉ (G2003) приказ, поручение. Это слово обозначает повеление, и относится к царским приказам, которым следует повиноваться; в папирусах встречается также в _знач._ повеление бога (NDIEC, 2:86; 3:...
COMMANDMENT OF—CHRIST, WHICH IS OUR HOPE;— _Appointment of—Christ our hope._...
INTRODUCTION 1:1, 2 _Text 1:1, 2_ 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope: 2 unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy,...
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST - belonging to Him as His servant. Paul thus designates...
3 Translators have experienced much difficulty with this opening sentence, because it seemed to lack the principal verb. The A V adds _ so do_, the Revisers _ so do I now_. It is very seldom that any...
1:1 Christ, (b-5) Or, according to some authorities, 'Christ Jesus.'...
TIMOTHY REMINDED OF HIS COMMISSION, AND EXHORTED TO EARNESTNESS 1, 2. Salutation. An apostle] St. Peter and St. John, with regard to whose position no question was raised, are content to call themselv...
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THIS LETTER The record in the book of Acts ends with the *apostle Paul in prison in *Rome. That was about AD 60 and he was there f...
PAUL, AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST. — The letter to Timothy, though addressed to a very dear and intimate friend, was sent with a two-fold purpose. It was an affectionate reminder from his old master, “...
2 Timothy 1:1, Titus 1:1 CHAPTER 1 Introductory THE CHARACTER AND GENUINENESS OF THE PASTORAL EPISTLES.- 1 Timothy 1:1; 2 Timothy 1:1; Titus 1:1 THE first question which confronts us on entering u...
SALUTATION. 1 Timothy 1:1. ἀπόστολος Χρ. Ἰησ. The use of this official title is an indication that the Pastoral Epistles were not merely private letters (_ctr_. Παῦλος δέσμιος Χρ. Ἰησ., Philemon 1:1),...
A CHARGE AGAINST “VAIN TALKING” 1 Timothy 1:1 The relation of Paul to Timothy is an example of one of those beautiful friendships between an older and a younger man, in which each is the complement...
This letter is an apostle's letter to a young minister having oversight of the church in Ephesus. The first part of the letter deals with the Church, its doctrine, its devotions, and its ministry. Dif...
GREETINGS As in most of the letters of the first century, Paul opens by introducing himself. He probably identifies himself as an apostle to stress that this is not just a personal letter but one inte...
Paul, (1) an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, [which is] our hope; (1) First of all, he affirms his own free vocation and also Timothy's, that the...
_Of God, our Saviour. God the Father is here called our Saviour, as also to Titus, (iii. 4.) being the author of our salvation, as are all the three divine persons. (Witham) --- As this letter was to...
CONTENTS The Apostle opens his Epistle with the usual Salutation. He reminds Timothy of the Truth. He speaks very blessedly of the Lord's Grace, and the exceeding Abundance of it in his Conversion....
1 Timothy 1:1-20. We enter now on the confidential communications of the apostle to some of his fellow-labourers, and tonight on the epistles to Timothy. The two have much in common, but they have als...
1_Paul an apostle _If he had written to Timothy alone, it would have been unnecessary to claim this designation, and to maintain it in the manner that he does. Timothy would undoubtedly have been sati...
The Epistles to Timothy and Titus have naturally a peculiar bearing and character, being addressed to persons deputed by the apostle to act in his name, or to care for the churches during his absence....
PAUL AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST,.... His name was well known to Timothy, and very dear to him; and so was his office as an apostle, and which he mentions, not so much for Timothy's sake, but for the s...
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, _which is_ our hope; Ver. 1. _By the commandment of God_] For how should he have preached except he had...
_Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ_ The apostle begins his epistle with asserting his apostolical dignity, not because Timothy was in any doubt concerning it, but to make the Ephesians sensible of the...
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God, our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our Hope,...
The apostleship of Paul is shown here to be no light matter. His was a call totally independent of the other apostles, but "according to the command of God." We have, therefore, no liberty to regard h...
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; 1. Commandment - Are there commands for us to obey? Is there a danger to those who cho...
“PAUL, AN APOSTLE OF CHRIST JESUS”: The term “apostle” means literally “one sent forth”. Although Timothy already respects Paul's authority as an apostle, this authority is asserted because Paul is no...
1-4 Jesus Christ is a Christian's hope; all our hopes of eternal life are built upon him; and Christ is in us the hope of glory. The apostle seems to have been the means of Timothy's conversion; who s...
1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1 1 TIMOTHY 1:1,2 The salutation. 1 TIMOTHY 1:3,4 Timothy is put in mind of the charge before given him by Paul. 1 TIMOTHY 1:5 The end of the commandment is charity, from which s...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians None of these things is hid from you, if ye perfectly possess that faith and love towards Christ Jesus[96] Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians Wherefore none o...
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1 Timothy 1:1. ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT. Characteristic of the Pastoral Epistles (Titus 1:3, and in another connexion Titus 2:15, but also in Romans 16:26). Stronger and more emphatic than the sim...
ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT (κατ' επιταγην). A late _Koine_ word (Polybius, Diodorus), but a Pauline word also in N.T. This very idiom ("by way of command") in 1 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Corinthians 8:8...
1 Timothy 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;_ Christ is our hope; we have not a shadow of a hope apart from him. I...
CONTENTS: Legalism and unsound teaching rebuked. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Timothy, Alexander, Satan, Hymenaeus CONCLUSION: Witnesses of Christ must not only be charged to preach the true Gospel doct...
1 Timothy 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ._ Beza cites here the reading of the Complute polyglot bible, made under the patronage of...
AN APOSTLE OF CHRIST JESUS. One purpose of this letter was to show Timothy's authority, so Paul makes it plain that he writes as an apostle. BY ORDER OF GOD. The _circumcision party_ tried to undermin...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 1:1. BY THE COMMANDMENT.—The usual expression has been “by the will of God.” There is a perceptible ring of austerity about the word for “commandment.” Paul...
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 1:1 _Christ Jesus _for _Jesus Christ_,_ _A.V. and T.R.; _according to _for _by_,_ _A.V.; _Christ Jesus our hope _for _Lord Jesus Christ_,_ which is our hope_,_ _A.V. and T.R. For...
THE FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY Chapter 1 Vers. 1, 2. _Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope; to Timothy, [my] true child in the fa...
First Timothy. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour (1 Timothy 1:1), And the Greek word is "the royal commandment" of God; it's a word that is used when a king had...
1 Corinthians 1:1; 1 Corinthians 9:17; 1 John 4:14; 1 Peter 1:21; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Timothy 2:3; 1 Timothy 2:7; 1 Timothy 4:10; 2 Peter 1:1;...
An apostle of Jesus Christ. This title appears in the salutations of Romans, 1st and 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians. In Philippians, Paul and Timothy the servants of Jesus Christ. P...
OUR GUIDE AMID THE DENIALS OF THE FAITH 1 Timothy 1:1, _1 Timothy 1:18_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Will Christ find Faith on the earth? The question above has to do with the Second Coming of Christ, and...
Paul an apostle — Familiarity is to be set aside where the things of God are concerned. According to the commandment of God — The authoritative appointment of God the Father. Our Saviour — So styled i...
Observe here, 1. St. Paul asserts his apostolical authority, calling himself AN APOSTLE; not that Timothy questioned it, but he writes it for their sakes over whom he was now presiding at Ephesus, tha...