What does 1 Timothy 6:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He is proud,b knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,"
Verse 1 Timothy 6:4. _HE IS PROUD_] τετυφωται. He is _blown up_, or _inflated_ with a vain opinion of his own knowledge; whereas his knowledge is foolishness, for he knows nothing. _DOTING ABOUT QUES...
HE IS PROUD - That is, he is lifted up with his fancied superior acquaintance with the nature of religion. The Greek verb means, properly, “to smoke, to fume;” and then to be inflated, to “be conceite...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Concerning servants (1 Timothy 6:1)_ 2. Concerning those who oppose (1 Timothy 6:3) 3. Concerning contentment and temptation (1 Timothy 6:6) 4. The final exhortations (1 Timothy 6:1...
1 Timothy 6:2 _B_ - 1 TIMOTHY 6:21. FINAL WORDS. (_a_) 1 Timothy 6:2 _B_ - 1 TIMOTHY 6:10. THE ERRORISTS, AND A FUNDAMENTAL ERROR. Such, then, is Paul's charge. Those who teach otherwise are conceited...
HOW TO BE A SLAVE AND A CHRISTIAN (1 Timothy 6:1-2)...
PROUD. puffed up. See 1 Timothy 3:6. KNOWING. App-132. NOTHING. Greek. _medeis_. DOTING. sick, or diseased. Greek. _noseo_. Only here. Compare Matthew 4:24. ABOUT. App-104. QUESTIONS. See 1 Timot...
A further warning against false Teachers. Their covetousness From the 3rd verse to the 16th St Paul once again resumes two of the chief topics of the Epistle false teachers" perverted doctrine, and T...
3–5. RENEWED WARNINGS AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS...
ΤΕΤΎΦΩΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΤΥΦΌΩ (G5187) пыжиться, гордиться (_см._ 1 Timothy 3:6). ΈΠΙΣΤΆΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΈΠΊΣΤΑΜΑΙ (G1987) знать, понимать, ΝΟΣΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΝΟ...
BUT DOTING ABOUT QUESTIONS— _But raving on questions._ The original word seems to express the effect of a disease upon the mind. Dr. Heylin reads it, _Knows nothing, but has the disease of disputation...
_TEXT 6:3-10_ 3 If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 he is puffe...
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, HE IS PROUD, [ tetufootai (G5187)] - 'beclouded;' filled with...
19 Unless sufficient evidence to establish his guilt is produced, no charge against an elder is to be entertained. A single witness may be mistaken, or biased: he must be corroborated by one or more o...
CONCERNING SERVANTS, THE RICH, AND CORRUPT TEACHERS 1, 2. The eighth charge to Timothy, as to bondservants or slaves. We have here an indication of the way in which Christianity abolished slavery—not...
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 6 SERVANTS AND MASTERS (6:1-2) V1 Those who are slaves must respect and honour their masters. They should do this so that no one...
HE IS PROUD. — St. Paul, with righteous anger, flames out against these perverse men, who, using the name of Christ, substitute _their_ short-sighted views of life for His, throw doubt and discredit u...
Thoughts about the right use of wealth are suggested by the slave problem, a mischievous attitude towards which is associated with false doctrine. If a man possesses himself, he has enough. This posse...
GODLINESS IS TRUE GAIN 1 Timothy 6:1 The Apostle gives rules for the treatment of the slaves who rendered service in the households of that time. If the slave was in the household of a heathen maste...
The final injunction of the apostle concerning Timothy's duty toward his flock had to do with his dealing with Christian slaves. The master must not treat them with contempt. They are to recognize tha...
THE IDENTITY AND TEACHING OF FALSE TEACHERS False teachers can be identified through their teaching, which is different from the true words of Jesus. Any modification of Christ's teaching makes it di...
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and (b) strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, (b) Strivings about words, and not about matter: and by word...
_But sick about questions, [1] unprofitable disputes, blasphemies, which may either signify against God, or railing one against another, conflicts, &c.[2] and dissensions of men corrupted in their min...
(1) В¶ Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. (2) And they that have believing masters, let t...
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...
4_He is puffed up, knowing nothing _Such persons Paul first charges with pride, foolish and empty pride. Next, because no punishment can be imagined that is better adapted to chastise ambitious person...
The apostle then goes equally into detail with regard to servants, that is, slaves. They were to respect their masters, in order that the doctrine of the Lord should not be blasphemed. When the master...
HE IS PROUD,.... Or swelled and puffed up with a vain conceit of himself and his own notions, and treats with an haughty air the faithful ministers of the word. The doctrines of grace are of an humbli...
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, Ver. 4. _He is proud_] Gr. τετυφωται, he is blown up, big swolle...
_If any man teach otherwise_ Than strict, practical holiness, in all its branches; _and consent not to wholesome words_ Υγιαινουσι λογοις, literally, _healing_, or _healthful words_, words that have n...
A DESCRIPTION CHARACTERIZING THE ERRORISTS....
It may be noted that in this epistle the relationships of husband and wives, children and parents, are not mentioned, as are the questions of elders, widows, and now servants. For family ties are not...
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, where cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings. 1. Proud - Is it always wrong to have pride? Are there more than o...
PROUD: Or, a fool DOTING: Or, sick...
“HE IS CONCEITED”: Puffed up, that is blinded by pride, literally the term here means to “wrap in smoke”. The idea is to be wrapped in the clouds of arrogance and thus blinded. “His desire is not to d...
1-5 Christians were not to suppose that religious knowledge, or Christian privileges, gave them any right to despise heathen masters, or to disobey lawful commands, or to expose their faults to others...
OLBGrk; HE IS PROUD; tetufwtai, he is swelled or blown up, i.e. with pride swelling in opinion and conceit of himself, he is a fanatic. KNOWING NOTHING solidly and truly, BUT DOTING ABOUT QUESTIONS A...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III and, inasmuch as these men have no works of their father to adduce, the latter is shown to be God alone. But if any one, "doting about questions,"[206] Fragments f...
1 Timothy 6:4 proud G5187 (G5769) knowing G1987 (G5740) nothing G3367 but G235 obsessed G3552 (G5723) with G4012 disputes G2214 and G2532 words G3055 from G1537 which G3739 come G1096 (G5736) envy G53...
1 Timothy 6:4. HE IS PROUD. The same Greek word as in 1 Timothy 3:6, ‘He has been and is under the stupefying influence of a fever.' The word is thus brought into the sharpest possible contrast with t...
HE IS PUFFED UP (τετυφωτα). Perfect passive indicative of τυφοω, for which see 1 Timothy 3:6.KNOWING NOTHING (μηδεν επισταμενος). Present middle participle of επισταμα. Ignorance is a frequent co...
CONTENTS: Work of the minister continued. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy, Pilate. CONCLUSION: The minister of Christ is to preach not only the general duties of all, but the duties of partic...
1 Timothy 6:1. _Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour,_ by obeying their commands, for in civil society we are all servants, and have duties which mus...
IS SWOLLEN WITH PRIDE. "He really knows nothing of either the Jewish or Christian revelation of God, even though he claims to completely understand both!" UNHEALTHY DESIRE TO ARGUE. These men have a _...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 6:2 Confronting the False Teaching Again. This concluding section is very similar to the opening section (1 Timothy 1:3). Both include discussion about false teachers (1 Ti...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 6:3. TEACH OTHERWISE.—R.V. “teacheth a different doctrine.” WHOLESOME WORDS.—R.V. “sound [margin, Gr. healthful] words.” 1 Timothy 6:4. DOTING ABOUT QUESTI...
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 6:1 _Are servants _for _servants as are_,_ _A.V.;_ the doctrine _for _his doctrine_,_ _A.V. SERVANTS; literally, _slaves_._ _That slaves formed a considerable portion of the firs...
Vers. 4, 5. Here follows the result, in a didactic point of view, of the person who so turns aside from the right course of instruction: _he is carried with conceit_ (or besotted with pride; see at 1...
Now Paul turns to the subject of servants in chapter six. Let as many servants as are under the yoke (1 Timothy 6:1) That is, to a master. count their own masters worthy of all honour (1 Timothy 6:...
1 Corinthians 11:16; 1 Corinthians 11:18; 1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 8:2; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 Peter 2:2; 1 Timothy 1:4;...
He is proud [τ ε τ υ φ ω τ α ι]. See on ch. 1 Timothy 3:6. Knowing nothing [μ η δ ε ν ε π ι σ τ α μ ε ν ο ς]. Although he knows nothing. o P. Very frequent in Acts. Comp. ch. 1 Timothy 1:7. Doting ...
He is puffed up — Which is the cause of his not consenting to the doctrine which is after inward, practical religion. By this mark we may know them. Knowing nothing — As he ought to know. Sick of ques...