Charles Rose Commentaries
1 Timothy 6:6
αυτάρκεια (G841) довольствие, самодостаточность. Это термин греч. философии, обозначающий независимость от обстоятельств, свойственную мудрому человеку (Kelly; Dibelius; Spicq; Philippians 4:11).
αυτάρκεια (G841) довольствие, самодостаточность. Это термин греч. философии, обозначающий независимость от обстоятельств, свойственную мудрому человеку (Kelly; Dibelius; Spicq; Philippians 4:11).
Verse 1 Timothy 6:6. _BUT GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN._] The word _godliness_, ευσεβεια, here, and in several other places of this epistle, signifies the _true_ religion, _Christianity_;...
BUT GODLINESS - Piety; religion. The meaning is, that real religion should be regarded as the greatest and most valuable acquisition. “With contentment.” This word, as now used, refers to a state of m...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Concerning servants (1 Timothy 6:1)_ 2. Concerning those who oppose (1 Timothy 6:3) 3. Concerning contentment and temptation (1 Timothy 6:6) 4. The final exhortations ...
1 Timothy 6:2 _B_ - 1 TIMOTHY 6:21. FINAL WORDS. (_a_) 1 Timothy 6:2 _b_ - 1 Timothy 6:10. The Errorists, and a Fund
And in truth godliness with contentment is great gain. We brought nothing into the world, and it is quite clear that we cannot take anything out of it either; but if we have food and shelter, we shall...
HOW TO BE A SLAVE AND A CHRISTIAN (1 Timothy 6:1-2)...
WITH. Greek. _meta_. App-104. CONTENTMENT. Greek. _autarkeia_. See 2 Corinthians 9:8. Compare Philippians 1:4; Philippians 1:11....
So the Pauline paradox comes out strongly; _godliness with contentment_ IS a way of gain, A GREAT SOURCE OF GAIN. This is spoiled by making the reference to the rewards of heaven. The thought is as in...
A further warning against false Teachers. Their covetousness From the 3rd verse to the 16th St Paul once again resumes two of the chief topics of the Epistle false teachers" perverted doctrine, and T...
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 t...
6–10. THE VANITY AND THE PERILS OF WEALTH...
DISCOURSE: 2235 GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT 1 Timothy 6:6. _Godliness with contentment is great gain_. TO the great dishonour of Christianity, there are many professors, and even preachers of it, who...
BUT GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT, &C.— _Piety, indeed, with contentment, is great riches._ Heylin. This is a most pleasing sentiment for the religious poor.—_Contentment_ will attend _piety,_ as its ins...
_TEXT 6:3-10_ 3 If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 he is puffe...
But godliness with contentment is great gain. BUT. Though they err, there is a sense in which 'piety is' not merely gain, but "great gain:" not the gaining which they pursue, which makes men discon...
19 Unless sufficient evidence to establish his guilt is produced, no charge against an elder is to be entertained. A single witness may be mistaken, or biased: he must be corroborated by one or more o...
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...
RESUMPTION OF THE CHARGE AGAINST HETERODOX TEACHERS. They had all the faults already mentioned, and in addition they made use of religion as a means of getting money, or, as they expressed it, of 'gai...
CONCERNING SERVANTS, THE RICH, AND CORRUPT TEACHERS 1, 2. The eighth charge to Timothy, as to bondservants or slaves. We have here an indication of the way in which Christianity abolished slavery—not...
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 6 SERVANTS AND MASTERS (6:1-2) V1 Those who are slaves must respect and honour their masters. They should do this so that no on...
BUT GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN. — Here the Apostle changes the subject of his letter somewhat abruptly. The monstrous thought that these wordly men dare to trade upon his dear Master’s r...
CHAPTER 17 THE GAIN OF A LOVE OF GODLINESS, AND THE UNGODLINESS OF A LOVE OF GAIN. - 1 Timothy 6:5; 1 Timothy 6:17 IT is evident that the subject of avarice is much in the Apostle's mind during the w...
Thoughts about the right use of wealth are suggested by the slave problem, a mischievous attitude towards which is associated with false doctrine. If a man possesses himself, he has enough. This posse...
The repetition of πορισμός in a fresh idealised sense is parallel to the transfigured sense in which νομίμως is used in 1 Timothy 1:8. αὐταρκείας : not here _sufficientia_ (Vulg.), though that is an a...
GODLINESS IS TRUE GAIN 1 Timothy 6:1 The Apostle gives rules for the treatment of the slaves who rendered service in the households of that time. If the slave was in the household of a heathen master...
The final injunction of the apostle concerning Timothy's duty toward his flock had to do with his dealing with Christian slaves. The master must not treat them with contempt. They are to recognize tha...
THE TRUTH ABOUT RICHES Paul said being God like and content with the state in which one finds himself leads to the richest rewards (1 Peter 4:11-12). Jesus urged his followers to seek the best interes...
(6) But godliness with contentment is great gain. (6) He properly dismisses the name of gain and lucre, confessing that godliness is great gain, but in a far different manner, that is, because it bri...
But piety with sufficiency, or when a man hath what is sufficient to support his necessities, is certainly great gain, is accompanied with the most valuable advantages, the treasure of a good conscien...
(1) В¶ Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. (2) And they that have believing masters, let t...
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...
6_But godliness with sufficiency is great gain _In an elegant manner, and with an ironical correction, he instantly throws back those very words in an opposite meaning, as if he had said — “They do wr...
The apostle then goes equally into detail with regard to servants, that is, slaves. They were to respect their masters, in order that the doctrine of the Lord should not be blasphemed. When the master...
BUT GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN. By "godliness" is not meant any particular grace, but all the graces of the Spirit of God; as faith, hope, love, fear, c. the whole of internal religion,...
But godliness with contentment is great gain. Ver. 6. _But godliness with contentment_] True piety hath true plenty, and is never without a well contenting sufficiency, a full self-sufficiency. The w...
_But godliness_ The genuine fear and love of God, and obedience to his will; _with contentment_ The inseparable companion of vital piety; _is great gain_ Brings unspeakable profit in time as well as i...
GODLINESS-IS GREAT GAIN; the apostle, by a beautiful turn of thought, shows in what sense the proposition is true that godliness is gain. Not the outward form of godliness, but its inward substance wi...
BUT GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN....
THE SIN OF AVARICE AND ITS RESULTS....
It may be noted that in this epistle the relationships of husband and wives, children and parents, are not mentioned, as are the questions of elders, widows, and now servants. For family ties are not...
But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1. Godliness - What is godliness? How can you tell if a person is godly? Are you a godly person? 2. Contentment - In what ways must we learn to be conte...
“BUT GODLINESS ACTUALLY IS. MEANS OF GREAT GAIN”: The word “but” introduces. contrast between the erroneous view mentioned in 1 Timothy 6:5 and the correct view held by Christians. “The verb ‘is' stan...
6-10 Those that make a trade of Christianity to serve their turn for this world, will be disappointed; but those who mind it as their calling, will find it has the promise of the life that now is, as...
OLBGrk; GODLINESS, the exercise of a true faith in Christ, conjoined with a holy life, is a good revenue of itself, having in it autarkeiav, a self-sufficiency. He doth not here suppose that godliness...
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen Further, the other counsels and precepts are unimportant, and respect particular things,-as, for example, if one may marry, take part in public affair...
1 Timothy 6:6 Now G1161 godliness G2150 with G3326 contentment G841 is G2076 (G5748) great G3173 gain G4200...
1 Timothy 6:6. GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT. In contrast with the false view of religion as a source of wealth, St. Paul brings out its true character. In the highest sense, ‘religion' with contentment...
WITH CONTENTMENT (μετα αυταρκειας). Old word from αυταρκης (αυτοσ, αρκεω) as in Philippians 4:11. In N.T. only here and 2 Corinthians 9:8. This attitude of mind is Paul's conception of "great gain....
CONTENTS: Work of the minister continued. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy, Pilate. CONCLUSION: The minister of Christ is to preach not only the general duties of all, but the duties of particu...
1 Timothy 6:1. _Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour,_ by obeying their commands, for in civil society we are all servants, and have duties which mus...
WELL, RELIGION DOES. Paul takes their _motivation_ and turns it around. Religion does make a man rich, but not in the things they wanted. The treasures of heaven belong to you as a Christian!!! God ga...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 6:2 Confronting the False Teaching Again. This concluding section is very similar to the opening section (1 Timothy 1:3). Both include discu
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 6:7. WE BROUGHT NOTHING INTO THIS WORLD.—Compare Job 1:21. It is not safe to say St. Paul is quoting here. All times and peoples have such sayings. 1 Timoth...
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 6:1 _Are servants _for _servants as are_,_ _A.V.;_ the doctrine _for _his doctrine_,_ _A.V. SERVANTS; literally, _slaves_._ _That slaves formed a considerable portion of the firs...
Ver. 6. _But godliness with contentment is great gain:_ the true, in contrast to the fancied or false. It is the mark of a base disposition to cultivate godliness for the sake merely of the temporal g...
Now Paul turns to the subject of servants in chapter six. Let as many servants as are under the yoke (1 Timothy 6:1) That is, to a master. count their own masters worthy of all honour (1 Timothy 6:...
1 Timothy 4:8; 1 Timothy 6:8; 2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 4:18;...
Contentment [α υ τ α ρ κ ε ι α ς]. Only here and 2 Corinthians 9:8. The adjective aujtarkhv self - sufficient, Philippians 4:11. Comp. Sir. 40 18. Aujtarkeia is an inward self - sufficiency, as oppose...
But godliness with content — The inseparable companion of true, vital religion. Is great gain — Brings unspeakable profit in time, as well as eternity....
As if the apostle had said, "Although these seducers are for making. gain of godliness, yet WE know that godliness is great gain, especially godliness with contentment; with contentment,. say, which i...