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1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils;
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils;
CHAPTER IV. _Apostasy from the true faith predicted, and in what that_ _apostasy should consist_, 1-5. _Exhortations to Timothy to teach the truth_, 6. _To avoid old wives' fables; to exercise him...
NOW THE SPIRIT - Evidently the Holy Spirit; the Spirit of inspiration. It is not quite certain, from this passage, whether the apostle means to say that this was a revelation “then” made to him, or wh...
IV. CONCERNING THE LATTER-DAY APOSTASY CHAPTER 4 _ 1. What the Spirit has predicted (1 Timothy 4:1)_ 2. The remedies against apostasy (1 Timothy 4:6) 1 Timothy 4:1 The mystery of godliness h
1 Timothy 4:1 to 1 Timothy 6:2_ A._ THE CHARGE RESPECTING TIMOTHY'S OWN BEHAVIOUR WITHIN THE CHURCH. (_a_) _1 TIMOTHY 4:1_. TIMOTHYS ATTITUDE TO ERROR....
THE SERVICE OF GOD OR THE SERVICE OF SATAN (1 Timothy 4:1-5)...
The Spirit clearly says that in the later times some will desert from the faith, through paying attention to spirits who can do nothing but lead them astray, and to teachings which come from the demon...
SPIRIT. App-101. EXPRESSLY. in express words. Greek. _rhetos_. Only here. in. App-104. LATTER. Greek. _husteros_, Only here as adjective. TIMES. seasons. See Genesis 49:1. See App-196. SOME. App-1...
False Teachers mar the Truth of the Incarnate Redeemer 1. _Now the Spirit speaketh_ The connexion is this. The teachers and ministers of the Church must hold her central doctrine. It stands strong and...
III. THE DANGERS OF THE FUTURE. 1–6...
The Church is _a pillar and ground of the Truth_, and yet even in her bosom error arises. This is the force of the adversative δέ in 1 Timothy 4:1; it refers back to 1 Timothy 3:15. Despite the privil...
ΡΗΤΏΣ (G4490) _adv._ ясно, понятно, безошибочно; "ясными словами". Это слово означает, что стали доподлинно известны детали будущих событий (Guthrie; Lock), ΎΣΤΕΡΟΣ (G5306) более поздний, последний,...
_1 TIMOTHY 4:1_, _NOW THE SPIRIT,_ &C.— This passage, perhaps, would be better translated, _But the Spirit speaketh expressly._ He had before been speaking of the _mystery of godliness,_ ch. 1 Timothy...
IV. FALSE TEACHERS 4:1-16 1. THEIR COMING 1 Timothy 4:5 _TEXT 4:1-5_ 1 But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and d...
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; NOW - Greek, 'But.' The "mystery of iniquity...
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 The signs of the last days are all present with us now. The teaching of deceiving spirits and demons has become one of the great and popular cults of the day. Their deception seems chiefly to take t...
THE SPIRIT SPEAKETH (RV 'saith')] possibly in some definite prophecy of OT., or of our Lord, or of the Apostles, but more probably in the general prophetic testimony of the Church, and particularly in...
VARIOUS DIRECTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS 1-10. A return to, and emphatic reiteration of, the first charge to Timothy (1 Timothy 1:3) against heterodoxy and in favour of true godliness. This form of hetero...
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 WARNING AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS (4:1-5) V1 The Spirit clearly says that in the last days some people will turn from the *faith...
IV. (1) NOW THE SPIRIT SPEAKETH EXPRESSLY. — Rather, _But the Spirit._ But (_de_) in very strong contrast to the sublime mystery of Redemption St. Paul has been speaking of as the glorious treasure co...
τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα : The Apostle here passes to another theme, the manifestation of religion in daily life. The connexion between this section and the last is as indicated above. There is a slightly adversa...
Over against the future triumph of the truth, assured to us by the finished work of Christ, we must set the opposition, grievous at present, of the Spirit of error. His attacks have been foreseen by t...
REJECT FALSE AND FOOLISH TEACHING 1 Timothy 4:1 We have here the Apostle's forecast of the last times, _i.e_., the condition in which men will find themselves as the age draws to a close. Notwithstan...
Having thus dealt with the Church, the apostle showed Timothy how he was to fulfil his responsibility. He had a duty toward the truth, and therefore toward the Church. In order to correct errors which...
THE COMING APOSTASY Despite the fact that Jesus had been fully shown to be Lord, the Spirit plainly revealed to Paul a coming apostasy. At some time in the future, Paul said some would abandon or dese...
Now (1) the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the (a) faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; (1) He contrasts that true doctrine, wi...
_In the last times. Literally, last days; i.e. hereafter, or in days to come. --- To spirits of error and doctrines of devils; or, to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, as in the Protestant tra...
(1) В¶ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; (2) Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having th...
CONTENTS God the Holy Ghost is here introduced as speaking expressly of the Latter-day Heresies. Paul cautions Timothy to be on the look-out with the Church against the Times of such Peril....
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_Now the Spirit plainly saith _He had industriously admonished Timothy about many things; and now he shews the necessity, because it is proper to provide against the danger which the Holy Spirit fore...
But there would be some who departed from the faith, from this knowledge of the one Creator and Saviour-God Him who was manifested in the flesh. They would attack precisely these points which we have...
NOW THE SPIRIT SPEAKETH EXPRESSLY,.... The prophecy hereafter mentioned was not an human conjecture, but, as all true prophecy, it came from the Spirit of God, who spoke or delivered it; either in the...
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Ver. 1. _Speaketh expressly_] _Verbis non diser...
_Now the Spirit_ By calling the Christian Church, in the end of the preceding chapter, _the pillar and support of the truth_, the apostle taught, that one of the important purposes for which that grea...
In his farewell address to the elders of Ephesus, Paul forewarns them that after his departure grievous wolves shall enter in among them, not sparing the flock, and that also of their own selves shall...
The solemn warning here is in startling contrast to the preciousness of what we have considered as to God manifest in flesh. How cold is the heart of man that he will turn deliberately from a faith so...
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 1. Spirit - What is the difference in Spirit (w...
“BUT THE SPIRIT EXPLICITLY SAYS”: This is in contrast to the truth presented in 1 Timothy 3:16. “With such wonderful truths to occupy their minds and fill their hearts, one would think that men would...
1-5 The Holy Spirit, both in the Old and the New Testament, spoke of a general turning from the faith of Christ, and the pure worship of God. This should come during the Christian dispensation, for t...
OLBGrk; 1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 4 1 TIMOTHY 4:1 Paul foretelleth and describeth a great apostacy to happen in the latter times. 1 TIMOTHY 4:6 He directeth Timothy what doctrines to teach, 1 TIMOTHY 4:12 and...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Jam de iis, qui matrimonium abhorrent, dicit beatus Paulus: "In novissimis diebus deficient quidam a fide, attendentes spiritibus erroris, et doctrinis daemoni...
1 Timothy 4:1 Now G1161 Spirit G4151 expressly G4490 says G3004 (G5719) that G3754 in G1722 latter G5306 times...
PAUL NOW GIVES A MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT OF WHAT TIMOTHY'S MINISTRY WILL INVOLVE (1 TIMOTHY 4:1 TO 1 TIMOTHY 6:10). It is interesting how much the second half of this letter is patterned on the first. B...
1 Timothy 4:1. Now. Better ‘ _but_,' as introducing a contrast to the mystery of godliness in 1 Timothy 3:16. THE SPIRIT SPEAKETH EXPRESSLY. The reference is clearly not to Old Testament prophecies,...
EXPRESSLY (ρητως). Late adverb, here alone in N.T., from verbal adjective ρητος (from root ρεω). The reference is to the Holy Spirit, but whether to O.T. prophecy (Acts 1:16) or to some Christian ut...
CONTENTS: Walk of a good minister of Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy. CONCLUSION: Those are good ministers of Jesus Christ who are diligent to instil into the minds of the...
1 Timothy 4:1. _Now the Spirit speaketh expressly,_ “learnedly, openly, perspicuously, and not in shadows, as was the manner of the ancient prophets.” THEOPHYLACT. See the note on 2 Thessalonians 2:1....
THE SPIRIT SAYS. "Although the church supports the truth by preserving the secret of our religion in the world, the Spirit revealed to me and to others who are inspired, that apostasy will take place...
_Now the Spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times._ A GREAT HERESY “The Spirit” referred to is unquestionably the Holy Spirit of God, who had been promised to the Church as its abiding teac...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 4:1 Identifying the False Teaching. After his celebration of the spread of the gospel (1 Timothy 3:16), Paul returns to the false teachin
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 4:1. DOCTRINES OF DEVILS.—The term “devils” seems to give the spirit of the apostle’s meaning more accurately than the more literal “demons” would. 1 Timoth...
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 4:1 _But _for _now_,_ _A.V.; _saith _for _speaketh_,_ _A.V.;_ later _for _the latter_,_ _A.V.;_ fall away _for _depart_,_ _A.V. THE SPIRIT SAITH EXPRESSLY (ῥητῶς);_ _only here...
CHAPTER IV Ver. 1. _But the Spirit speaks expressly,_ etc. The description given toward the close of the preceding chapter of the church as the pillar and basement of divine truth, and of the grand my...
Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils (1 Timothy 4:1); Here Paul speaks of a departure fr...
1 Corinthians 10:20; 1 Corinthians 12:11; 1 Corinthians 8:5; 1 Corinthians 8:6;...
Now [δ ε]. Better but, since there is a contrast with the preceding confession of the norm of faith. Expressly [ρ η τ ω ς]. N. T. o. o LXX In express words. In the latter times [ε ν υ σ τ ε ρ ο ι ς κ...
But the Spirit saith — By St. Paul himself to the Thessalonians, and probably by other contemporary prophets. Expressly — As concerning a thing of great moment, and soon to be fulfilled. That in the l...
As if our apostle had said, "Although the mystery of godliness, the doctrine of Christianity, be so clearly revealed, and fully confirmed, yet the spirit of prophecy has very plainly told us, that in...