1 Timothy 1:5

Now the end of the commandment Better, But the end of the charge, -but" rather than -now" because it is not so much the commencement of a new paragraph as a positive statement of the true aim of the ministry to counteract the statement just made of false aims, so completing the paragraph. -The charge," the verb or noun occurs seven times in this epistle, and as thus constantly present to St Paul might almost give a second title to the epistle of -The Chief Pastor's Charge," 1 Timothy 4:11 1 Timothy 5:7, 1 Timothy 6:13-17. Here one of the best comments is in the Bishop's words at the Ordination of Priests in the English Prayer Book, -Be thou a faithful dispenser of the word of God," -Take thou authority to preach the word of God."

charity love, a life of active love and union; the opposite of the -strifes" which result from -questionings," 2 Timothy 2:23. It is important to keep the English word -love" as the equivalent of the Greek word agapèthroughout the New Testament, as the Revisers have very properly done. It is a characteristic word, and only confusion is introduced in the mind of English readers by sometimes rendering it -charity."

a pure heart thoroughly bent on turning from sin and youthful lusts, honestly growing in righteousness, 2 Timothy 2:22.

of a good conscience, andof faith unfeigned -Conscience" is one of St Paul's most characteristic words; out of 32 places where it occurs in N.T. 23 are of his using either in speech or writing, six of these belonging to the Pastoral Epistles. See Appendix, D. Literally the word means -knowing with" and Bp Westcott draws out this idea in his definition, "It presents man as his own judge. Man does not stand alone. He has direct knowledge of a law a law of God which claims his obedience, and he has direct knowledge also of his own conduct. He cannot then but compare them and give sentence. His -conscience" as the power directing this process is regarded apart from himself (Romans 9:1; Romans 2:15)." See his Additional Note, Hebrews 9:9.