1 Timothy 4:1-6
III. THE DANGERS OF THE FUTURE. 1–6... [ Continue Reading ]
III. THE DANGERS OF THE FUTURE. 1–6... [ Continue Reading ]
The Church is _a pillar and ground of the Truth_, and yet even in her bosom error arises. This is the force of the adversative δέ in 1 Timothy 4:1; it refers back to 1 Timothy 3:15. Despite the privileges and graces of the Church, ‘_the Spirit expressly_ (ῥητῶς) _says that in later times some shall... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΕΚΑΥΣΤΗΡΙΑΣΜΈΝΩΝ. This is the spelling of the best MSS. (אAL); κεκαυτηριασμένων, the spelling of the _text. rec._, is found in CD2GKP &c. 2. ἘΝ ὙΠΟΚΡΊΣΕΙ ΨΕΥΔΟΛΌΓΩΝ. _Through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies_. ψευδολόγων (only here in Greek Bible) is not to be taken (see punctuation of A.V.) w... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΠΈΧΕΣΘΑΙ. On account of the difficulty of construction, Dr Hort suggested that this word might have been a primitive corruption of ἢ ἅπτεσθαι or καὶ γεύεσθαι; but see note _in loc_. Bentley had previously conjectured that κελευόντων had dropped out before ἀπέχεσθαι. ΜΕΤΆΛΗΜΨΙΝ. So אAD2*G; μετάληψι... [ Continue Reading ]
ὍΤΙ. This is not to be taken specially in connexion with ἀλήθειαν, but with the whole of the preceding statement—_because_. ΠΑ͂Ν ΚΤΊΣΜΑ ΘΕΟΥ͂ ΚΑΛΌΝ. _Every creature of God is good_. See Genesis 1:31; Sir 39:33, and (although the thought is here slightly different) Romans 14:14; cp. also Acts 10:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
4, 5. RESTATEMENT AND FURTHER JUSTIFICATION OF THE PRECEDING PRINCIPLE... [ Continue Reading ]
ἉΓΙΆΖΕΤΑΙ ΓᾺΡ Κ.Τ.Λ. Not only is πᾶν κτίσμα objectively good (καλόν), but it is also, despite the Fall and its consequences (Romans 8:20), good in relation to man, provided it be received μετὰ εὐχαριστίας; _then_ ἁγιάζεται, _it is sanctified_‚ each time that it is used. The present tense shews that... [ Continue Reading ]
Rec. text has Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ with D2c and cursives; but Χρ. Ἰησοῦ is found in אACD2*GKLP &c. See critical note on 1 Timothy 1:16. ΠΑΡΗΚΟΛΟΎΘΗΚΑΣ. So nearly all authorities; but Westcott and Hort, on the authority of CG, give a place in their margin to παρηκολούθησας, the true reading in 2 Timothy 3:... [ Continue Reading ]
6–10. i. TIMOTHY’S DUTY IN RESPECT OF THE FALSE ASCETICISM... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΟῪΣ ΔῈ ΒΕΒΉΛΟΥΣ ΚΑῚ ΓΡΑΏΔΕΙΣ ΜΎΘΟΥΣ ΠΑΡΑΙΤΟΥ͂. _But eschew profane and old wives’ fables_. παραιτεῖσθαι, ‘to refuse,’ ‘to have nothing to do with,’ does not occur in St Paul outside the Pastorals (1 Timothy 5:11; 2 Timothy 2:23; Titus 3:10), but is found in St Luke (Luke 14:18; Acts 25:11) and in H... [ Continue Reading ]
Ἡ ΓᾺΡ ΣΩΜ. ΓΥΜΝ. Κ.Τ.Λ. _For the discipline of the body is profitable for a little, but godliness is profitable for all things_. We should not understand either γύμναζε or γυμνασία of gymnastic training for the games or athletic exercise, although the words are so taken by Chrysostom and others; any... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΙΣΤῸΣ Ὁ ΛΌΓΟΣ ΚΑῚ ΠΆΣ. ἈΠ. ἌΞ. See above on 1 Timothy 1:15. It is not certain what the reference is. This formula refers without doubt to what _follows_ in 1 Timothy 1:15, and equally without doubt to what _precedes_ in Titus 3:8. Hence its reference in any given instance must be determined by the... [ Continue Reading ]
Rec. text inserts καὶ before κοπιῶμεν with GKL; _om_. אACD2P and Vss. ἈΓΩΝΙΖΌΜΕΘΑ. So א*ACGK; ὀνειδιζόμεθα is read by אcD2LP and Vss. It is possible that ἀγωνιζόμεθα may be a correction suggested by Colossians 1:29; and Westcott and Hort give ὀνειδιζόμεθα a place in their margin. ἨΛΠΊΚΑΜΕΝ. So nea... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΑΡΆΓΓΕΛΛΕ ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ. _These things command_; sc. the mode and measure of bodily discipline which has been under discussion. The recurrence is noteworthy of the somewhat vague ταῦτα (1 Timothy 3:14; 1 Timothy 4:6; 1 Timothy 4:15; 1 Timothy 5:7; 1 Timothy 6:3) as the counterpart to the trivial teachings... [ Continue Reading ]
ii. TIMOTHY’S DUTY IN RESPECT OF HIS PERSONAL CONDUCT... [ Continue Reading ]
Rec. text inserts ἐν πνεύματι before ἐν πίστει with KLP (arising, probably, from an original misreading of πίστει or possibly from a reminiscence of ἐν� in 1 Corinthians 4:21; cp. Colossians 1:8 and 2 Corinthians 6:6; _om_. אACD2G and Vss. 12. ΜΗΔΕΊΣ ΣΟΥ ΤΗ͂Σ ΝΕΌΤΗΤΟΣ ΚΑΤΑΦΡΟΝΕΊΤΩ. This is advice to... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΩΣ ἜΡΧΟΜΑΙ. Possibly the present tense implies a more confident expectation than would be suggested by ἕως ἄν ἔλθω; cp. 1 Timothy 3:14 ἐλπίζων ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σὲ τάχιον. ΠΡΌΣΕΧΕ, _give heed_; see note on the word at 1 Timothy 3:8. ΤΗ͂Ι�, ΤΗ͂Ι ΠΑΡΑΚΛΉΣΕΙ, ΤΗ͂Ι ΔΙΔΑΣΚΑΛΊΑΙ. These are the three main depa... [ Continue Reading ]
ΜῊ�, _neglect not the gift that is in thee_. ἀμελεῖν is not found elsewhere in St Paul, but it is a LXX. word (cp. Hebrews 2:3); χάρισμα, on the other hand, is characteristically Pauline, occurring 16 times in his Epistles and only once elsewhere in N.T. (1 Peter 4:10). This _gift_ is not a charm wh... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the LXX. (Psalms 2:1). It may mean either (_a_) _meditate, ponder_, as in that passage, or (_b_) _p... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΠΕΧΕ ΣΕΑΥΤΩ͂Ι, _take heed to thyself_. ἐπέχειν is used in a somewhat similar way in Acts 3:5. The warning is put impressively by Bishop Butler in a fragment found among his papers:—“Be more afraid of thyself than of the world.” ΚΑῚ ΤΗ͂Ι ΔΙΔΑΣΚΑΛΊΑΙ, _and to thy teaching_; not ‘to the doctrine,’ sc... [ Continue Reading ]