1 Timothy 6:19

laying up in store The compound verb, again peculiar, is another example of the law of later Greek explained 1 Timothy 6:8. Here we have the riches in the form of -good works" laid awayas a solid foundation in and fromwhich the building rises. This -building up," if the full explanation of the verse given on 1 Timothy 3:13 be sound, is of the spiritual life both here and hereafter. The rich cannot -lay hold of" any true higher life, if they neglect the plainest duty, lying first and lowest, of using their wealth for -God who provided all." So in 1 Timothy 4:8 the life is only to be grasped by spiritual -training."

that they may lay hold The same tense and voice as the -lay hold" of 1 Timothy 6:12, and the interpretation is similar.

on eternal life The ms. authority is strongly in favour of the adverb -really" in place of -eternal," with the article; as R.V. the life which is life indeed; and nothing could be better than such a phrase to describe the -heavenly" or -spiritual" or -eternal" life, in its two parts on this side and on that side the grave, as explained above on 1 Timothy 6:12 and 1 Timothy 4:8; -the life worth living."