1 Timothy 6:1,2
iv. 1, 2. DUTY OF SLAVES TO THEIR MASTERS, WHETHER HEATHEN OR CHRISTIAN... [ Continue Reading ]
iv. 1, 2. DUTY OF SLAVES TO THEIR MASTERS, WHETHER HEATHEN OR CHRISTIAN... [ Continue Reading ]
ὍΣΟΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. The construction is thoroughly Pauline; cp. Romans 2:12; Galatians 3:10, &c. ὙΠῸ ΖΥΓῸΝ ΔΟΥ͂ΛΟΙ, _under the yoke as slaves_, as the order of the words shews. ΤΟῪΣ ἸΔΊΟΥΣ ΔΕΣΠΌΤΑΣ, _their several masters_. But ἴδιος may be used without special emphasis, as in 1 Timothy 3:4; 1 Timothy 5:4... [ Continue Reading ]
2. The exceptional case of _Christian_ masters is next dealt with ΟἹ ΔῈ ΠΙΣΤΟῪΣ Κ.Τ.Λ., _let those who have believers as their masters not despise them, because they are brethren_. Equal membership in the Kingdom of Christ is not to be a pretext for the neglect of social duty to superiors. ἈΛΛᾺ ΜΑ... [ Continue Reading ]
Tischendorf is almost alone among critical editors in his adoption of προσέχεται the reading of א* (formerly conjectured by Bentley) for the better attested προσέρχεται. 3. ΕἼ ΤΙΣ ἙΤΕΡΟΔΙΔΑΣΚΑΛΕΙ͂ Κ.Τ.Λ., _if any man teach other_ [sc. inconsistent] _doctrine_ &c. For ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖν see on 1 Timot... [ Continue Reading ]
3–5. RENEWED WARNINGS AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΡΙΣ. So אAKP, Egyptian and Peshito Syriac Vss; but D2GL the Latins and the Harclean Syriac support ἔρεις. D2* also has φθόνοι for φθόνος, which suggests that the singular has in both cases been corrected into the plural in conformity with βλασφημίαι &c. which follow. 4. ΤΕΤΎΦΩΤΑΙ, _he is beclouded... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΑΡΑΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΑῚ of the received text is only found in some cursives; ΔΙΑΠΑΡΑΤΡΙΒΑῚ is read by אAD2GLP &c. Compounds of δια-παρα are rare, which may account for the variant as a correction of the primitive reading. See note _in loc_. ΕΥ̓ΣΈΒΕΙΑΝ. After this the rec. text adds ἀφίστασο� with D2cKLP and... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΣΤΙΝ ΔῈ Κ.Τ.Λ. _But_, &c. emphatic: εὐσέβεια is not a gainful trade, but for all that there is a sense in which _godliness with contentment is great gain_, not only for the next world, but also for this. Compare 1 Timothy 4:8, where εὐσέβεια has been declared to be πρὸς πάντα ὠφέλιμος, ἑπαγγελίαν ἔ... [ Continue Reading ]
6–10. THE VANITY AND THE PERILS OF WEALTH... [ Continue Reading ]
The reading in the text is that of א*AG 17 r, but (see note) is not without intrinsic difficulty. Before ὄτι אcD2bcKLP and most cursives insert δῆλον, while D2*m insert ἀληθές. Both additions have patristic support, but there can be little doubt that they are corrections of the primitive text. Hort... [ Continue Reading ]
ΔΙΑΤΡΟΦΆΣ. So אAL f; but διατροφήν is supported by D2GKP d g m and is given a place in Westcott and Hort’s margin. 8. ἜΧΟΝΤΕΣ ΔῈ Κ.Τ.Λ. _But if we have food and raiment we shall be therewith content_. ΔΙΑΤΡΟΦΉ is only found in the Greek Bible elsewhere at 1Ma 6:49, where it is in the singular. ΣΚἙΠ... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΑΓΊΔΑ. D2G and the Old Latin Vss add τοῦ διαβόλου from 1 Timothy 3:7. Cp. 2 Timothy 2:26. 9. ΟἹ ΔῈ ΒΟΥΛΌΜΕΝΟΙ ΠΛΟΥΤΕΙ͂Ν Κ.Τ.Λ. _But_, on the other hand, _they who desire_ (who are minded, a more definite word than θέλοντες) _to be rich_ &c. It is not the mere _possession_ of wealth, but the _desir... [ Continue Reading ]
ῬΊΖΑ ΓᾺΡ ΠΆΝΤΩΝ ΤΩ͂Ν ΚΑΚΩ͂Ν ἘΣΤῚΝ Ἡ ΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΊΑ. _For the love of money is the root of all evils_, an emphatic, rhetorical, statement. To lay stress, as the Revised Version has done, on the absence of the article before ῥίζα, seems unnecessary, and the resultant translation “a root of all kinds of ev... [ Continue Reading ]
Rec. text has τοῦ before θεοῦ with אcD2GKLP, and this is adopted by Tregelles and given a place in Westcott and Hort’s margin. The article is omitted by א*A 17 and by Tischendorf and Lachmann. See on 1 Timothy 6:13. ΠΡΑΫΠΑΘΊΑΝ. So א*AGP; πραότητα, the more usual word, is read by D2KL אc. 11. ΣῪ ΔΈ... [ Continue Reading ]
EPILOGUE. i. PERSONAL ENCOURAGEMENT TO TIMOTHY... [ Continue Reading ]
After ἥν the rec. text inserts καί, but it is omitted by all the uncials. 12. ἈΓΩΝΊΖΟΥ ΤῸΝ ΚΑΛῸΝ�.Τ.Λ. _Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold_ (as a prize) _on eternal life_. The metaphor of life as a gymnastic contest was one which naturally suggested itself to those who had witnessed the Olympia... [ Continue Reading ]
Tischendorf follows א*G and some Latin authorities in omitting σοι; ins. אcAD2KLP &c. Before θεοῦ AD2GKLP insert τοῦ, but Tischendorf following אrejects the article. Rec. text has ζωοποιοῦντος with אKL; but ζωογονοῦντος is the reading of AD2GP 17. ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ͂ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂. So AD2KLP d and Harclean Syriac;... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΗΡΗ͂ΣΑΊ ΣΕ ΤῊΝ ἘΝΤΟΛῊΝ Κ.Τ.Λ., _to keep the commandment_ &c, sc. not (_a_) the special commands of 1 Timothy 6:11-12 nor (_b_) vaguely, the Gospel considered as a rule of life, but (_c_) the _baptismal charge_, to which allusion was made in 1 Timothy 6:12. The words are clearly taken thus in [2 Cle... [ Continue Reading ]
ἫΝ ΚΑΙΡΟΙ͂Σ ἸΔΊΟΙΣ ΔΕΊΞΕΙ, _which He will display in His own seasons_; see on 1 Timothy 2:6, and Acts 1:7, καιροὺς οὖς ὁ πατὴρ ἕθετο ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ. The epithets which follow are descriptive of the Eternal Father, and it is not improbable that they and the doxology of 1 Timothy 6:16 are taken f... [ Continue Reading ]
Ὁ ΜΌΝΟΣ ἜΧΩΝ�, a fuller statement than the ἀφθάρτῳ of 1 Timothy 1:17, inasmuch as ἀθανασία (seemingly not distinguished from ἀφθαρσία in St Paul’s phraseology; see 1 Corinthians 15:53-54) is here declared to be the essential property of God alone. Cp. Wis 15:3, εἰδέναι σου τὸ κράτος ῥίζα�. ΦΩ͂Σ ΟἸΚΩ... [ Continue Reading ]
Tischendorf follows אin reading ὑψηλὰ φρονεῖν, which is also placed in Westcott and Hort’s margin (cp. Romans 11:20). ὑψηλοφρονεῖν is read by AD2EGKLP. ἘΠῚ ΘΕΩ͂Ι. (i.) For ἐπὶ (found in אAD2*GP) the rec. text has ἐν supported by D2cKL. (ii.) The rec. text, with AD2cEKLP, inserts τῷ before θεῷ; the... [ Continue Reading ]
ii. CHARGE TO THE RICH CHRISTIANS AT EPHESUS... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΓΑΘΟΕΡΓΕΙ͂Ν. We have ἀγαθουργεῖν, the contracted form, at Acts 14:17 (in St Paul’s speech at Lystra); elsewhere in the Greek Bible the word is not found. ΠΛΟΥΤΕΙ͂Ν ἘΝ ἜΡΓΟΙΣ ΚΑΛΟΙ͂Σ, _to be rich in good works_, a play on the meaning of πλουτεῖν. “Men must not compute their riches so much from what... [ Continue Reading ]
ὌΝΤΩΣ. So אAD2*E*GH; but rec. text has αἰωνίου with D2cKLP. See 1 Timothy 6:12. 19. ἈΠΟΘΗΣΑΥΡΊΖΟΝΤΑΣ ἙΑΥΤΟΙ͂Σ ΘΕΜΈΛΙΟΝ ΚΑΛῸΝ ΕἸΣ ΤῸ ΜΈΛΛΟΝ, _laying up as treasure for themselves_ [that which shall prove] _a good foundation against the time to come_. The thought is quite easy to understand, though ex... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ὦ ΤΙΜΌΘΕΕ. A solemn and emphatic personal address. ΤῊΝ ΠΑΡΑΘΉΚΗΝ ΦΎΛΑΞΟΝ, _guard the deposit_, sc.... [ Continue Reading ]
20, 21. iii. CONCLUDING CHARGE TO TIMOTHY, summarising the main thought of the Epistle; cp. 1 Corinthians 16:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΜΕΘʼ ὙΜΩ͂Ν. So אAGP; μετὰ σοῦ is the reading of rec. text, following D2EKL &c. Cp. 2 Timothy 4:22 and Titus 3:15. אcD2bcEKLP &c. add ἀμήν; this is absent from א*AD2*G &c. The subscription printed in the rec. text, viz. Πρὸς Τιμόθεον πρώτη ἐγράφη�, ἥτις ἐστὶ μητρόπολις Φρυγίας τῆς Πακατιανῆς, is fo... [ Continue Reading ]