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1 Timothy 6:19
laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
1 TIMOTHY 6:19 o;ntwj {A} The Textus Receptus, with Dc K L P 614 1241 _Byz Lect_ copboms Chrysostom _al,_ reads aivwni,ou, a manifest correction for the less usual o;ntwj, which is supported by the b...
Verse 19. _LAYING UP IN STORE FOR THEMSELVES A GOOD FOUNDATION_] St. Paul seems to have borrowed this form of speech from Tobit. See chap. iv. 8, 9: _If thou hast abundance, give alms accordingly:_ _...
LAYING UP IN STORE FOR THEMSELVES ... - The meaning of this verse is, that they were to make such a use of their property that it would contribute to their eternal welfare. It might be the means of ex...
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 ...
(_c_) 1 Timothy 6:17. THE TRUE CONCEPTION OF RICHES. Though God gives good things for our enjoyment, wealth is too uncertain a foundation on which to rest our hope. By good works rich men should lay u...
Charge those who are rich in this world's goods not to be proud, and not set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God who gives them all things richly to enjoy. Charge them to do good; to...
HOW TO BE A SLAVE AND A CHRISTIAN (1 Timothy 6:1-2)...
LAYING UP, &c. Greek. _apotliesairizo_. Only here. AGAINST. App-104. LAY HOLD, &c. Compare 1 Timothy 6:12. ETERNAL LIFE. The texts read, "the life that is life indeed": for _ainios_ reading _ontos_...
A last direction. The Duties of the Rich A postscript follows, with an omitted last word for the richer classes at Ephesus. The -special aspect" under which the last _warning_about false teachers has...
_laying up in store_ The compound verb, again peculiar, is another example of the law of later Greek explained 1 Timothy 6:8. Here we have the riches in the form of -good works" laid _away_as a solid...
ὌΝΤΩΣ. So אAD2*E*GH; but rec. text has αἰωνίου with D2cKLP. See 1 Timothy 6:12. 19. ἈΠΟΘΗΣΑΥΡΊΖΟΝΤΑΣ ἙΑΥΤΟΙ͂Σ ΘΕΜΈΛΙΟΝ ΚΑΛῸΝ ΕἸΣ ΤῸ ΜΈΛΛΟΝ, _laying up as treasure for themselves_ [that which shall pro...
ii. CHARGE TO THE RICH CHRISTIANS AT EPHESUS...
ΑΠΟΘΗΣΑΥΡΊΖΟΝΤΑΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΑΠΟΘΗΣΑΥΡΊΖΩ () хранить, копить богатства. Предложное сочетание обозначает сокровища в их совокупности, которые надо взять и посвятить служению Богу и облегчени...
DISCOURSE: 2239 THE TRUE USE OF RICHES 1 Timothy 6:17. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly...
LAYING UP IN STORE, &C.— Or, _Securing,_ &c....
FAITHFUL MINISTRY 1 Timothy 6:17-21 a _TEXT 6:17-21A_ 17 Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God...
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. LAYING UP IN STORE, [ apotheesaurizontas (G597)] - 'therefrom;' i:e., from thei...
16 Christ Jesus is the only One Who has been vivified. No one else has life beyond the reach of death. Immortality is His exclusive possession. The glory of deathlessness shines forth in Him with an i...
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...
LAYING UP IN STORE] see Matthew 6:19; Luke 16:9. ETERNAL LIFE] RV 'life indeed,' following a reading which, has slightly the better authority of the two. 20-22. Final and impassioned appeal to Timothy...
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 on...
LAYING UP IN STORE FOR THEMSELVES A GOOD FOUNDATION AGAINST THE TIME TO COME. — This is a concise expression, which might have been more fully worded thus — _Laying up in store for themselves a wealth...
1 Timothy 6:17 CHAPTER 17 THE GAIN OF A LOVE OF GODLINESS, AND THE UNGODLINESS OF A LOVE OF GAIN. - 1 Timothy 6:5; 1 Timothy 6:17 IT is evident that the subject of avarice is much in the Apostle's...
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...
ἀποθησαυρίζοντας : The true hoarding produces, as its first result, a good foundation, which will entitle a man to grasp the prize, which is true life, the only life worth talking about. Stability is...
“FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF THE FAITH” 1 Timothy 6:11 The poor need not envy the rich. Wealth makes no difference in the audit of eternity. A man cannot eat more than a certain amount of food, and wear...
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...
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE RICH Paul gave the young preacher special instructions to pass on to the rich. First, they should not be overly proud of their wealth because riches are temporary and can disappea...
(12) Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. (12) The praise of liberality, by the effects of it, because it is a sure te...
(17) Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; (18) That they do good, that...
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...
19_Laying up for themselves a good foundation _Besides, he adds an incitement drawn from the promise of a reward; that, by _bestowing _and _communicating, _they will procure for themselves a better tr...
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...
LAYING UP IN STORE FOR THEMSELVES..... Laying up a treasure in heaven, which will be for themselves to enjoy to all eternity; whereas what they lay up here is for others, for their children or friends...
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. Ver. 19. _Laying up in store_] As wise merchants, happy usurers, parting with tha...
1 Tim. 6:19. "Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life." A most beautiful expression for the purpose that the Apostle intend...
What follows seems to be a kind of postscript. _Charge them that are rich in this world_ Rich in such beggarly riches as this world affords. For the clause, εν τω νυν αιωνι, seems evidently to be adde...
A GOOD FOUNDATION; for receiving the everlasting reward of grace in heaven. For this is given only to those who have shown their faith in Christ by being rich in good works towards man. Matthew 25:34-...
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...
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 1. In store - What does this term imply? What does this phrase mean in 1 Corinthi...
“STORING UP FOR THEMSELVES”: While the rich are doing good and being rich in good works, at the very same time they are storing up for themselves real and lasting riches. “By doing good works, we buil...
17-21 Being rich in this world is wholly different from being rich towards God. Nothing is more uncertain than worldly wealth. Those who are rich, must see that God gives them their riches; and he on...
Riches in themselves are but for the present, but there is a use may be made of them _for the time to come, _ if we employ them for the better enabling us to do what God hath commanded us to do, MATTH...
1 Timothy 6:19 up G597 (G5723) themselves G1438 good G2570 foundation G2310 for G1519 come G3195 (G5723) that...
1 Timothy 6:19. LAYING UP IN STORE. Better, _‘as a treasure.'_ We need not be startled at the apparent contradiction between this reference to good works as a foundation, and the language in which St....
LAYING UP IN STORE (αποθησαυριζοντας). Late literary word (απο and θησαυριζω), only here in N.T. Same paradox as in Matthew 6:19, "laying up in store" by giving it away.WHICH IS LIFE INDEED (της ο...
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 particu...
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...
IN THIS WAY. "The only way you can _take it with you_ is to use it in the right way NOW!" This does not imply _degrees of reward,_ since God awards eternal life through the merit of _Christ on the cro...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 6:17 Paul corrects the false teachers’ view of wealth. He stresses that riches are only for “this present age.” This focus on using wealth to prepare “for the future” could...
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 discu
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 6:17. NOR TRUST IN UNCERTAIN RICHES.—R.V. “nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches.” Perhaps they would say riches were not uncertain. But the m...
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...
Ver. 19. The description is here wound up by a word which very strikingly exhibits the connection between such a course of action on earth and its issues in eternity: _treasuring_ up (ἀποθησαυρίζοντες...
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 Peter 1:4; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 2:19; Ephesians 3:17; Galat
Laying up in store [α π ο θ η σ α υ ρ ι ζ ο ν τ α ς]. N. T. o Laying away [α π ο]. Eternal life [τ η ς ο ν τ ω ς ζ ω η ς]. More correctly, the life which is life indeed, or that which is truly life. S...
Treasuring up for themselves a good foundation — Of an abundant reward, by the free mercy of God. That they may lay hold on eternal life — This cannot be done by alms — deeds; yet they "come up for a...