And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
Ver. 12. Who hath enabled me] Christ sends none but whom he gifts. Asinos elegit Christus et idiotas, sed oculavit in prudentes, simulque dona dedit et ministeria.
Verse 12. _I THANK CHRIST_] I feel myself under infinite obligation to Christ who hath _strengthened me_, ενδυναμωσαντι, who hath _endued me with various miraculous gifts_ of his Holy Spirit, and put...
AND I THANK CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD - The mention of the gospel 1 Timothy 1:11, and of the fact that it was committed to him, leads the apostle to express his gratitude to him who had called him to the...
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 gra...
FURTHER DIGRESSION ON GOD'S MERCY. The connexion is not obvious. P. Ewald has suggested that 1 Timothy 1:12 has been displaced and should properly follow 1 Timothy 1:12. It is, however, in keeping wit...
I give thanks to Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has filled me with his power, that he showed that he believed that he could trust me, by appointing me to his service, although I was formerly an insulter,...
THE ROYAL COMMAND (1 Timothy 1:1-2)...
AND. Omit. THANK. Literally. have thanks (App-184.) to. CHRIST JESUS. App-98. BATH. Omit. ENABLED. Greek. endanamoe. See Acts 9:22. FAITHFUL App-160. MINISTRY. App-190....
Faithful Ministry. Timothy is further reminded of St Paul's own Calling and Commission 12. This strong feeling quite accounts for the abruptness with which once again (after many other utterances of...
PARENTHETIC DOXOLOGY These verses are a digression, quite in the manner of St Paul, suggested by the thought of the Divine mercy vouchsafed to him personally. Cf. 1 Corinthians 15:9; Ephesians 3:8....
Before χάριν, the rec. text with D2KL inserts καί, which would be quite in accordance with Pauline usage; it is, however, omitted by אAGP f g. א* and some cursives have ἐνδυναμοῦντι (as in Philippian...
ΈΧΩ (G2192) _praes. ind. act._ иметь, ΧΆΡΙΝ ΈΧ "я благодарю" ΈΝΔΥΝΑΜΏΣΑΝΤΙ _aor. act. part. от_ ΈΝΔΥΝΑΜΌΩ (G1743) усиливать, давать силу, давать возможность. _Aor._ означает, что автор имеет в виду...
WHO HATH ENABLED ME,— "Who hath qualified me with so many, and such extraordinary spiritual gifts and miraculous powers, to enable me for so great and blessed an undertaking," See Acts 1:8. Doddridge...
EXAMPLE OF SOUND DOCTRINE. 1 Timothy 1:12-17 _TEXT 1:12-17_ 12 I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service; 13 though I was...
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; The honour of having the Gospel ministry committed to him suggests the digress...
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...
1:12 thank (k-3) Or 'I am thankful to him who has given me power ( _ dunamis_ ), Christ Jesus our Lord.' him (a-22) Or 'appointing me to ministry ( _ diakonia_ ), who.'...
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...
THE FIRST CHARGE TO TIMOTHY. To remember and act upon the instructions already given him by St. Paul, which were to be firm in resisting the heterodox teachers in Ephesus, as the Apostle had been hims...
PUTTING ME INTO THE MINISTRY] RV 'appointing me to his service.'...
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...
AND I THANK CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD, WHO HATH ENABLED ME. — Better rendered, _who hath given me strength within._ The ancient authorities here are divided; the majority omit the first word of the verse,...
This parenthetical thanksgiving, which is quite in St. Paul's manner, is suggested by ὃ ἐπιστεύθην ἐγώ. _Cf._ 1 Corinthians 15:9 _sqq._, Ephesians 3:8. χάριν ἔχω : see note on 2 Timothy 1:3. ἐνδυναμώσ...
I cannot mention my part in the furtherance of the gospel without expressing my gratitude to our Lord for His forgiveness of my errors and His confidence in my natural trustworthiness, and His grace w...
AN EXAMPLE OF CHRIST'S LONG-SUFFERING 1 Timothy 1:12 The Apostle breaks off into expressions of heartfelt thanks to God for the abounding grace which had overcome his former obstinacy and blindness....
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...
THANKING GOD FOR HIS GRACIOUS GIFT No one understood the impact of sin on his life like the apostle Paul did (Romans 7:24-25). Grateful for the salvation afforded him through Christ and the opportunit...
(11) And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath (g) enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; (11) He maintains of necessity his apostleship against some that did fi...
(12) В¶ And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; (13) Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I...
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...
_IN TRUST FOR THE GOSPEL_ ‘The gospel … which was committed to my trust.’ 1 Timothy 1:11 The gospel of the glory of the Blessed God, says St. Paul, was committed to my trust. Nothing moved the Apos...
12_I give thanks _Great is the dignity — of the apostleship, which Paul has claimed for himself; and he could not, looking at his former life, be accounted at all worthy of so high an honor. According...
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....
AND I THANK JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, c. l The subject matter of this thanksgiving being the apostle's call to the ministry of the word, and his furniture and fitness for it, shows, that while others wer...
_And I thank Christ Jesus_ Here _thanksgiving_, an important branch of divine worship, is addressed to the Lord Jesus; _who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful_ The meaning is, I thank hi...
COUNTED ME FAITHFUL; counted him a proper person to be put into the ministry, and enabled him to discharge its duties....
PAUL'S PRAISE FOR THE GRACE WHICH HE HAS EXPERIENCED...
And I thank Christ Jesus, our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry,...
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...
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 1. Enabled - Are Christians enabled? What are we able to do? What limitations ar...
Paul's example is. tremendous illustration of the power of the glorious gospel (1 Timothy 1:11). The Law of Moses did not produce the great apostle nor his conversion but the gospel of Jesus Christ di...
12-17 The apostle knew that he would justly have perished, if the Lord had been extreme to mark what was amiss; and also if his grace and mercy had not been abundant to him when dead in sin, working...
Here St. Paul expresses his most humble and solemn thanks to Christ for his rich favour in calling him to the high office of all apostle, for by THE MINISTRY that is to be understood; and it is so cal...
1 Timothy 1:12 And G2532 thank G2192 (G5719) G5485 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 our G2257 Lord G2962 who...
1 Timothy 1:12. WHO HATH ENABLED ME. The order of the Greek is more emphatic. ‘I _give thanks to Him who gave me power, to Christ Jesus our Lord.'_ It is significant that the same word is used by Luke...
I THANK (χαριν εχω). "I have gratitude to." Common phrase (Luke 17:9), not elsewhere in Paul.THAT ENABLED ME (τω ενδυναμωσαντ με). First aorist active articular participle of ενδυναμοω. Late verb,...
1 Timothy 1:12 In the text we have I. A humiliating and painful recollection. Men should diligently study the true uses of the past. The past is rightly used (1) when it deepens our sense of persona...
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 doctr...
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...
WHO HAS GIVEN ME STRENGTH. "I cannot talk about my part in preaching the gospel without thanking God for forgiving my sins and mistakes, and for appointing me to serve Him and giving me the strength t...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 1:3 Confronting the False Teaching. Paul charges Timothy to deal with the false teachers (vv. 1 Timothy 1:3). Next he briefly corrects their
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 1:12 Paul gives thanks because Christ appointed him to be an apostle despite his past sins. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 1:12. HE COUNTED ME FAITHFUL.—For the very reason that he had been “a blasphemer and a persecutor and injurious,” the Jerusalem Christians looked askance at...
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...
Ver. 12. The thought of such a gospel having been committed to him one so unworthy in himself of having _any_ treasure of God entrusted to him leads the apostle to recall with adoring gratitude the tr...
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 m...
1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Timothy 1:11; 2 Corinthians 12:10;...
Hath enabled [ε ν δ υ ν α μ ω σ α ν τ ι]. An unclassical word, found in Paul and Acts. See Acts 9:22; Philippians 4:13. Three times in the Pastorals. Counted [η γ η σ α τ ο]. A common Pauline word. Pu...
I thank Christ, who hath enabled me, in that he accounted me faithful, having put me into the ministry — The meaning is, I thank him for putting me into the ministry, and enabling me to be faithful th...