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1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called;
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called;
Verse 20. _O TIMOTHY, KEEP THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED TO THY_ _TRUST_] This is another repetition of the apostolic charge. (See 1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy 4:6;...
KEEP THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED TO THY TRUST - All that is entrusted to you, and to which reference has been particularly made in this Epistle. The honor of the gospel, and the interests of religion, had...
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 ...
HOW TO BE A SLAVE AND A CHRISTIAN (1 Timothy 6:1-2)...
O Timothy, guard the trust that has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreligious empty talking; and the paradoxes of that knowledge which has no right to be called knowledge, which some have professed, an...
KEEP. guard, as in 1 Timothy 5:21 (observe). Compare 2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:14. THAT... TRUST. Greek. _parakalatheke_. Only here and...
A last Appeal. The keeping of the Deposit 20. See the summary above at 1 Timothy 6:3. This brief _résumé_, at the close, of the main anxiety of the whole Epistle is like the corresponding _résumé_, 1...
ΠΑΡΑΘΉΚΗΝ. So all the uncials: the rec. text has παρακαταθήκην with many cursives. ΚΕΝΟΦΩΝΊΑΣ. So אAD2EKLP &c.; G has καινοφωνίας, by itacism, which the Latin Versions support, _vocum novitates_. 20...
20, 21. iii. CONCLUDING CHARGE TO TIMOTHY, summarising the main thought of the Epistle; cp. 1 Corinthians 16:21....
ΠΑΡΑΘΉΚΗ (G3866) то, что ставится рядом, отдается на хранение, доверяется. Это юридический термин, означающий, что кто-л. что-л. доверяет на хранение другому человеку (Kelly; ВВС; ММ), ΦΫ́ΛΑΞΟΝ _aor...
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...
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 21. Recapitulatory conclusion: the main aim of the letter su...
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...
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...
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...
O TIMOTHY, KEEP THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED TO THY TRUST. — More literally and better rendered, _O Timothy, keep the trust committed to thee._ It is a beautiful thought which sees in these few earnest clo...
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...
As Ell. points out, this concluding apostrophe, like the last paragraph in 2 Cor. (2 Corinthians 13:11 _sqq_,), is a summary of the whole epistle. On the intensity of the appeal in the use of the per...
“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...
CLOSING THOUGHTS Paul closed his letter with the appeal of a father to his son. He asked him to protect the truth entrusted to his care. He especially asked him to refuse the so-called knowledge of th...
(13) O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane [and] vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: (13) He repeats the most important of all the former ex...
O Timothy, keep that which is committed [11] to thy trust. He does not mean his charge of bishop, nor the graces of God, but the true and sound doctrine delivered to him either by writing or word of m...
(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...
_HOLD FAST!_ ‘O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust.’ 1 Timothy 6:20 St. Paul’s time had nearly run its course, but he could depart in peace if he could be quite sure that according...
20_O Timothy, guard that which is committed, to thee _Though interpreters differ in expounding παραθήκην, a thing _committed, _yet, for my part, I think that it denotes that grace which had been commu...
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...
KEEP THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED TO THY TRUST,.... That is, the Gospel, see 1 Timothy 1:11 which is a rich treasure put into earthen vessels, and ought to be kept pure and uncorrupt, and faithfully dispen...
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane _and_ vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Ver. 20. _That which is, &c._] viz. The treasure of true doc...
To conclude all: _O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust_ The original expression, την παρακαταθηκην φυλαξον, is, literally, _guard the deposite;_ namely, the purity of gospel doctrine,...
THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED TO THY TRUST; the same as the "commandment," verse 1 Timothy 6:14. OPPOSITIONS; contentions and contradictions springing from SCIENCE FALSELY SO CALLED; that is, spurious knowl...
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...
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 1. Committed - What does it mean to be committed? Does the Bib...
“O TIMOTHY, GUARD WHAT HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO YOU”: What had been entrusted to Timothy was God's truth (2 Timothy 2:2), and Timothy is expected to guard this truth, that is, preach it faithfully withou...
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...
O TIMOTHY, KEEP THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED TO THY TRUST; either the doctrine of the gospel, which ministers ought to keep pure, and without mixture, or the ministerial office; be true and faithful in the...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I In fine, they have a name derived from Simon, the author of these most impious doctrines, being called Simonians; and from them "knowledge, falsely so called,"[285]...
1 Timothy 6:20 O G5599 Timothy G5095 Guard G5442 (G5657) trust G3872 avoiding G1624 (G5734) profane G952 babbling
1 Timothy 6:20. O TIMOTHY. The letter is coming to its close, and the feelings of the writer grow more intense. THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED TO THY TRUST. The Greek has one word with the sense of _‘deposi...
GUARD THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED UNTO THEE (την παραθηκην φυλαξον). "Keep (aorist of urgency) the deposit." Παραθηκην (from παρατιθημ, to place beside as a deposit, 2 Timothy 2:2), a banking figure, 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 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...
TIMOTHY, KEEP SAFE. These last two verses are a summary of the entire Letter. The gospel turned over to Timothy to keep and to pass on (2 Timothy 2:2), is the true account of Jesus as the Son of God,...
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
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 6:20 In this brief closing, Paul repeats his charge to Timothy (1 Timothy 1:3, 1 T
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 6:20. KEEP THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED TO THY TRUST.—Lit. “guard the deposit.” As St. Paul was entrusted with “the care of all the Churches,” so is Timothy with...
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. 20-22. The conclusion, containing another very earnest charge to fidelity: O _Timothy, keep the deposit_ (τὴν παραθήκην, used again in 2Ti 1:12, 2 Timothy 1:14, and each time with the same verb)...
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 1:19; 1 Corinthians 2:6; 1 Corinthians 3:19; 1 Timothy 1:11;...
That which is committed to thy trust [τ η ν π α ρ α θ η κ η ν]. Only in Pastorals. Comp. 2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:14. From para beside or with, and tiqenai to Place. It may mean either something pu...
Keep that which is committed to thy trust — The charge I have given thee, 1 Timothy 1:18. Avoid profane empty babblings — How weary of controversy was this acute disputant! And knowledge falsely so ca...
Our apostles concludes this his epistle to Timothy with. very passionate and pathetic exhortation to him; that he would maintain the purity of the doctrine of the gospel, and preach that to his hearer...