Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Timothy 1:16
For this cause God showed me mercy, that all his longsuffering might be shown, and that none might hereafter despair.
For this cause God showed me mercy, that all his longsuffering might be shown, and that none might hereafter despair.
HOWBEIT FOR THIS CAUSE - That is, this was one of the causes, or this was a leading reason. We are not to suppose that this was the only one. God had other ends to answer by his conversion than this,...
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...
THE ROYAL COMMAND (1 Timothy 1:1-2)...
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,...
FOR THIS CAUSE. on account of (App-104. 1 Timothy 1:2) this. FIRST. See "chief", 1 Timothy 1:16. FOR. App-104. PATTERN. Greek. _hupotuposis_. Only here and. Tim. 1 Timothy 1:13....
_Howbeit_ A characteristic re-assertion with a new antithesis, -Yes, I am indeed chief of sinners, but still I received mercy on this account, that I might also be chief exemplar of Jesus Christ's all...
ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Σ ΧΡΙΣΤΌΣ. So אKLP with the Syriac and Egyptian versions; Westcott and Hort follow AD2 and the Latin Versions in reading Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς (which occurs six times in the preceding verses of the cha...
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....
ΉΛΕΉΘΗΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΈΛΕΈΩ (G1653) проявлять милость; _pass._ получать милость, ΈΝΔΕΊΞΗΤΑΙ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΝΔΕΊΚΝΥΜΙ (G1731) указывать, доказывать. Предложное сочетание указывает...
DISCOURSE: 2227 PAUL’S CONVERSION 1 Timothy 1:16. _For this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter beli...
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...
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. HOWBEIT...
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...
1:16 of (b-24) As 'outline,' 2 Timothy 1:13 . It is a mistake to confine delineation to long-suffering, and so make 'of' mean 'for.' 'for those,' c. Paul was a delineation of Christ's ways in _ their...
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...
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...
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...
(16)HOWBEIT FOR THIS CAUSE I OBTAINED MERCY. — In spite of this deep consciousness of his guilt, faith and confidence in his own salvation seem never to have wavered. He speaks of _this_ with all cert...
ἀλλά : This is not adversative, but rather continues from 1 Timothy 1:13, and develops the expression of self-depreciation. The connexion is: “I was such a sinner that antecedently one might doubt whe...
The dealings of Christ with me, of course, are not unique. My experience is the same in kind, though not in degree, as that of all saved sinners. Christ's longsuffering will never undergo a more sever...
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...
(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...
16_That in me the first Jesus Christ might shew _When he calls himself _the first, _he alludes to what he had said a little before, that he was the first (26) among sinners and, therefore, this word m...
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....
HOWBEIT, FOR THIS CAUSE I OBTAINED MERCY,.... Though so great a sinner, and even the chief of sinners: THAT IN ME FIRST JESUS CHRIST MIGHT SHOW FORTH ALL LONGSUFFERING; not that the apostle was the f...
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. Ver. 16. _M...
_This is a faithful saying_ A saying not only certainly true, but infinitely momentous, as the same expression evidently signifies 1Ti 4:9; 2 Timothy 2:11; Titus 3:8; _and worthy of all acceptation_ A...
A PATTERN; to show that the chief of sinners who believe in Christ may be pardoned, sanctified, and saved. Upon all who have ever repented and believed, God has bestowed free pardon and the blessings...
PAUL'S PRAISE FOR THE GRACE WHICH HE HAS EXPERIENCED...
HOWBEIT, FOR THIS CAUSE I OBTAINED MERCY, THAT IN ME FIRST JESUS CHRIST MIGHT SHOW FORTH ALL LONG-SUFFERING, FOR A PATTERN TO THEM WHICH SHOULD HERE AFTER BELIEVE ON HIM TO LIFE EVERLASTING....
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...
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. 1. Mercy -...
“YET FOR THIS REASON. FOUND MERCY”: Seeing that Paul was the foremost or chief of sinners, God could use him as an example or pattern for all to follow. If the chief sinner can be forgiven then all ot...
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...
OLBGrk; Alla, the word we translate HOWBEIT, is as well to be translated but, and ordinarily is so. FOR THIS CAUSE, that is, for this end, God showed me mercy. THAT IN ME FIRST; that in me, the first,...
Tertullian On Repentance " That repentance, O sinner, like myself (nay, rather, less than myself, for pre-eminence in sins I acknowledge to be mine[23]...
1 Timothy 1:16 However G235 this G5124 reason G1223 mercy G1653 (G5681) that G2443 in G1722 me G1698 first...
1 Timothy 1:16. FOR THIS CAUSE. Besides the ignorance that made mercy possible, there was a Divine wisdom working out a purpose of love. In him ‘first,' or _‘chief_ (as a greater, more typical instanc...
IN ME AS CHIEF (εν εμο πρωτω). Probably starts with the same sense of πρωτος as in verse 1 Timothy 1:15 (rank), but turns to order (first in line). Paul becomes the "specimen" sinner as an encourag...
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...
FOR THIS VERY REASON. See notes on Acts 9:1-2. If God was willing to save "Saul the Destroyer," it ought to serve as proof that God is willing to save all who come to Him through Christ!!!...
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
_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. 16. _Howabeit_ (so the A.V. well, giving full expression to the contrast indicated by the ἀλλὰ between the apostle's behaviour toward Christ, and Christ's procedure toward him), for _this cause I...
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 John 5:11; 1 John 5:12; 1 Peter 3:20; 1 Timothy 1:13; 2 Chron
First [π ρ ω τ ω] Not the chief sinner, but the representative instance of God's longsuffering applied to a high - handed transgressor. It is explained by pattern. All longsuffering [τ η ν α π α σ α ν...
SAUL'S CONVERSION: A PATTERN AND A PROPHECY 1 Timothy 1:15; _with Acts 9:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We marvel, therefore, that what God wrought in Saul's conversion on the Damascus road is as vital a pa...
Note here, That God is pleased some times to magnify his mercy in the conversion and salvation of the most notorious sinners, that so the greatest of sinners may take encouragement from thence to hope...