NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
1 Timothy 4:15
Tertullian On Exhortation to Chastity
If he is making prayer to the Lord, he is near heaven. If he is bending over the Scriptures, he is "wholly in them."[52]
Tertullian On Exhortation to Chastity
If he is making prayer to the Lord, he is near heaven. If he is bending over the Scriptures, he is "wholly in them."[52]
Verse 15. _MEDITATE UPON THESE THINGS_] ταυτα μελετα. Revolve them frequently in thy mind; consider deeply their nature and importance; get them deeply fastened in thy heart, and let all thy conduct f...
MEDITATE UPON THESE THINGS - Upon the train of events by which you have been led into the ministry, and upon the responsibilites and duties of the office. Let your mind be deeply impressed with these...
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
THE TREATMENT NEEDED. Timothy must meet the errors by (_a)_ personal example (1 Timothy 4:6) and (_b_) diligent teaching (1 Timothy 4:11). In combating error he must continually draw his strength from...
Make it your business to hand on and to teach these commandments. Do not give anyone a chance to despise you because you are young; but in your words and in your conduct, in love, in loyalty and in pu...
THE SERVICE OF GOD OR THE SERVICE OF SATAN (1 Timothy 4:1-5)...
MEDITATE UPON. Greek. _meletao_. See Acts 4:25. GIVE, &c. Lit, be in them, i.e. occupied in them, TO. App-104. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_, PROFITING. Greek. _prokope_. See Philippians 1:1;...
_Meditate upon these_things] Rather, to give in our idiom the emphasis of the pronoun in the two clauses, THIS LIFE, THIS WORK, THIS GIFT, BE DILIGENT IN PRACTISING, BE WHOLLY GIVEN UP TO THEM. Both p...
Rec. text inserts ἐν before πᾶσιν with D2cKLP (a mistaken explanatory gloss), _om_. אACD2*G and Vss. 15. ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ ΜΕΛΈΤΑ. μελετάω only occurs once again in N.T. (Acts 4:25) and then in a quotation from...
ii. TIMOTHY’S DUTY IN RESPECT OF HIS PERSONAL CONDUCT...
ΜΕΛΈΤΑ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΜΕΛΕΤΆΩ (G3191) заботиться, практиковать, культивировать, трудиться над чем-л., обдумывать, размышлять (BAGD). ΪΣΘΙ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΕΊΜΊ (G1510) быть; "пребыват...
MEDITATE UPON THESE THINGS;— The word Μελετα is used to denote all the preparatory exercises of mind or body made use of by those who were desirous of excelling in any art or science. St. Paul therefo...
b. To be an Example in Personal Life. 1 Timothy 4:14-16 _TEXT 4:14-16_ 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 1...
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. MEDITATE, [ meleta (G3191)] - 'meditate CAREFULLY upon' (Psalms 1:2; Psalms 119:15: cf. "Isaac,...
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...
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...
4:15 them, (l-9) Compare Luke 2:49 , 'be occupied 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...
SIXTH CHARGE TO TIMOTHY—personal to himself....
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...
MEDITATE UPON THESE THINGS. — Better rendered, _be diligent in these things._ With these words St. Paul closes this division of his solemn directions to his chosen disciple and representative at Ephes...
Silent example or mild suggestion will not do in every case. There are many occasions when it will be necessary for you to speak out, with the authority given to you at your ordination. At the same ti...
ταῦτα : _i.e._, reading, exhortation, teaching. μελέτα : _practise, exercise thyself in_, rather than _meditari_. So R.V., _Be diligent in_. (Bengel compares γύμναζε 1 Timothy 4:7.) _Cf._ Psalms 1:2,...
“TAKE HEED TO THYSELF” 1 Timothy 4:9 In all Christian service we must set our hope on the living God. Nothing counts apart from God. Prayer implies that all our gifts and efforts cover only a small p...
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...
TAKE HEED TO YOURSELF AND THE DOCTRINE Roberts points out that Paul was an aged man by the time he wrote this letter. Also, priests did not begin their work until age 30 and elders were not less than...
(10) For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. (11) These things command and teach. (12) Let...
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...
15_Take heed to these things _(81) The greater the difficulty in faithfully discharging the ministry of the Church, so much the more ought a pastor to apply himself earnestly, and with his whole might...
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...
MEDITATE ON THESE THINGS,.... Not only on those instructions, advices, and exhortations, which the apostle had given him, throughout this chapter, which might be very useful to him, often to think of,...
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Ver. 15. _Meditate upon these things_] And so digest them, turn them _in succum et sanguinem._ Let your...
_Meditate on these things_ On the instructions I have given thee, or the things mentioned 1 Timothy 4:13. True meditation implies the lively exercise of faith, hope, love, joy, as it were melted down...
MEDITATE UPON THESE THINGS, GIVE THYSELF WHOLLY TO THEM, THAT THY PROFITING MAY APPEAR TO ALL....
Timothy's spiritual growth:...
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...
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear unto all. 1. Meditate - Is meditation part of our activity as Christians? What abuses have some made of this pra...
TO ALL: Or, in all things...
“Take pains”: CARE FOR, ATTEND TO CAREFULLY, PRACTICE, CULTIVATE, THE VERY OPPOSITE OF THE TERM “NEGLECT” IN VERSE 14. “PAUL IS CALLING FOR CAREFUL THOUGHT IN THE PRACTICE OF THESE THINGS” _(HIEBERT P...
11-16 Men's youth will not be despised, if they keep from vanities and follies. Those who teach by their doctrine, must teach by their life. Their discourse must be edifying; their conversation must...
OLBGrk; MEDITATE UPON THESE THINGS; Meleta, let these things be the business of thy thoughts, and take care of them. GIVE THYSELF WHOLLY TO THEM; be in them, (so it is in the Greek), let them be thy...
1 Timothy 4:15 on G3191 (G5720) things G5023 yourself G2468 (G5749) to G1722 them G5125 that G2443 your...
1 Timothy 4:15. GIVE THYSELF WHOLLY TO THEM. Literally, ‘ _live, be,_ exist in them.' Alford quotes as a curious verbal parallel the line from Horace _(Epp._ i. 9. 2): ‘Nescio quid meditans nugarum et...
BE DILIGENT IN THESE THINGS (ταυτα μελετα). Old verb from μελετη (care, practice), present active imperative, "keep on practising these things." In N.T. only here and Acts 4:25.GIVE THYSELF WHOLLY...
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....
PRACTICE THESE THINGS. The preacher, and every Christian as well, must practice what they preach if they expect to succeed in their life as a Christian. Compare Ephesians 4:13-16....
_Give thyself wholly to them._ MINISTERS WHOLLY GIVEN TO THEIR WORK I. That ministers must give themselves wholly to their work by giving their hearts to it. NO man over gives himself wholly to any b...
_These things command and teach._ CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHRISTIAN TEACHER With true affection, and with heavenly wisdom, Paul exhorts his son in the faith to be mindful of his conduct and character...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 4:15 THESE THINGS refers to the things commanded in vv. 1 Timothy 4:12....
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 4:6 How Timothy Should Be Shaped by the Gospel. Paul focuses on how Timothy, by his teaching and lifestyle, can help the church stand against the false teaching....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 4:13. GIVE ATTENDANCE TO READING.—Probably the apostle means to the public reading of the Old Testament Scriptures, though it would not be surprising if por...
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...
Ver. 15. _Be mindful of these things_ (μελέτα, found only here and at Acts 4:25, but signifying to _care for, attend to, or be mindful of_): let them have their proper place in the regard and applicat...
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 16:15; 1 Timothy 4:6; 2 Corinthians 4:14; 2 Corinthians 8:5;...
Meditate [μ ε λ ε τ α]. Only here and Acts 4:25 (citation). Often in Class. and LXX Most translators reject the A. V. meditate, and substitute be diligent in, or practice, or take care for. Meditate,...
Meditate — The Bible makes no distinction between this and to contemplate, whatever others do. True meditation is no other than faith, hope, love, joy, melted down together, as it were, by the fire of...
He exhorted him to read the scriptures before, now to meditate upon what he read. Where note, That if those who were inspired, and divinely qualified, must yet read, meditate, study hard, and employ t...