The grace of our Lord; in leading him to repent and believe on Christ.
With faith and love; he mentions these as the never failing attendants and fruits of God's grace.
Which is in Christ Jesus; he adds these words to show that faith and love have their ground only in the union of the soul with Christ.
Verse 14. _THE GRACE OF OUR LORD WAS EXCEEDING ABUNDANT_] The original is very emphatic, _that grace of our Lord_, υπερεπλεονασε, _hath superabounded _- it manifested itself in a way of _extraordinary...
AND THE GRACE OF OUR LORD WAS EXCEEDING ABUNDANT - That is, in his conversion under these circumstances and in the aid which was afterward imparted to him in his work. WITH FAITH AND LOVE WHICH IS IN...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. CONCERNING DOCTRINE CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The salutation (1 Timothy 1:1)_ 2. The charge concerning false doctrine (1 Timothy 1:3) 3. The law, its use, and in contrast with gra...
FURTHER DIGRESSION ON GOD'S MERCY. The connexion is not obvious. P. Ewald has suggested that 1 Timothy 1:12 has been displaced and should properly follow 1 Timothy 1:12. It is, however, in keeping wit...
I give thanks to Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has filled me with his power, that he showed that he believed that he could trust me, by appointing me to his service, although I was formerly an insulter,...
THE ROYAL COMMAND (1 Timothy 1:1-2)...
WAS EXCEEDING, &c.. abounded over all. Greek. _husperpleonazo_. Only here. Compare Romans 5:20. WITH. App-104. LOVE. Same as "charity", 1 Timothy 1:5....
_the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant_ -Overflowed its wonted channels," and a stream of faith and love in me, having Jesus Christ for its source and life, flowed _side by side with_this full...
PARENTHETIC DOXOLOGY These verses are a digression, quite in the manner of St Paul, suggested by the thought of the Divine mercy vouchsafed to him personally. Cf. 1 Corinthians 15:9; Ephesians 3:8....
ὙΠΕΡΕΠΛΕΌΝΑΣΕΝ. A rare word, not found elsewhere in N.T. or in the LXX.; it occurs in the _Psalms of Solomon_, 1 Timothy 5:19, and in Hermas, _Mand_. 1 Timothy 1:2. St Paul shews a marked inclination...
ΎΠΕΡΕΠΛΕΌΝΑΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΎΠΕΡΕΠΛΕΟΝΆΖΩ (G5250) изобиловать, присутствовать в избытке. Предложное сочетание означает: "сверх обычной меры" (Lock; Guthrie)....
WITH FAITH AND LOVE— When he was a bigotted Jew, he had no _love_ to the Christians, or to the Gentiles, nor any true love to God; but _love_ soon followed _faith in Christ Jesus:_ the benevolent spir...
EXAMPLE OF SOUND DOCTRINE. 1 Timothy 1:12-17 _TEXT 1:12-17_ 12 I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service; 13 though I was...
And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. AND, [ De (G1161)] - 'But.' Not only was mercy shown me, but, etc. THE GRACE - by which 'I was had...
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...
TIMOTHY REMINDED OF HIS COMMISSION, AND EXHORTED TO EARNESTNESS 1, 2. Salutation. An apostle] St. Peter and St. John, with regard to whose position no question was raised, are content to call themselv...
GRACE.. WAS.. ABUNDANT WITH FAITH AND LOVE] The act of God (grace) is accompanied and supplemented by man's loving acceptance of it in faith....
THE FIRST CHARGE TO TIMOTHY. To remember and act upon the instructions already given him by St. Paul, which were to be firm in resisting the heterodox teachers in Ephesus, as the Apostle had been hims...
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THIS LETTER The record in the book of Acts ends with the *apostle Paul in prison in *Rome. That was about AD 60 and he was there f...
AND THE GRACE OF OUR LORD WAS EXCEEDING ABUNDANT. — The thought of his Master’s great love to one who once reviled Him so bitterly, and who had spent his strength in trying to undo His servants’ work,...
ὑπερπλεονάζειν only occurs here in N.T.; but St. Paul constantly uses compounds with ὑπέρ. The comparative force of the ὑπέρ grace outweighing sin is brought out in Romans 5:15 _sqq_. In these passage...
I cannot mention my part in the furtherance of the gospel without expressing my gratitude to our Lord for His forgiveness of my errors and His confidence in my natural trustworthiness, and His grace w...
AN EXAMPLE OF CHRIST'S LONG-SUFFERING 1 Timothy 1:12 The Apostle breaks off into expressions of heartfelt thanks to God for the abounding grace which had overcome his former obstinacy and blindness....
This letter is an apostle's letter to a young minister having oversight of the church in Ephesus. The first part of the letter deals with the Church, its doctrine, its devotions, and its ministry. Dif...
THANKING GOD FOR HIS GRACIOUS GIFT No one understood the impact of sin on his life like the apostle Paul did (Romans 7:24-25). Grateful for the salvation afforded him through Christ and the opportunit...
And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant (12) with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. (12) He proves this change by the effects, because he who was a profane man, has become a believer:...
(12) В¶ And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; (13) Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I...
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...
14_And the grace of our Lord _He again magnifies the grace of God towards himself, not only for the purpose of removing the dislike of it and testifying his gratitude, but also to employ it as a shiel...
The Epistles to Timothy and Titus have naturally a peculiar bearing and character, being addressed to persons deputed by the apostle to act in his name, or to care for the churches during his absence....
AND THE GRACE OF OUR LORD WAS EXCEEDING ABUNDANT,.... That is, the love of Jehovah the Father; so the Ethiopic version reads, "the grace of God"; of God the Father, since he is distinguished in the te...
And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Ver. 14. _Was exceeding abundant_] Hath abounded to flowing over, υπερεπλεονασε, as the sea doth above m...
_And I thank Christ Jesus_ Here _thanksgiving_, an important branch of divine worship, is addressed to the Lord Jesus; _who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful_ The meaning is, I thank hi...
AND THE GRACE OF OUR LORD WAS EXCEEDING ABUNDANT WITH FAITH AND LOVE WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS....
PAUL'S PRAISE FOR THE GRACE WHICH HE HAS EXPERIENCED...
The apostleship of Paul is shown here to be no light matter. His was a call totally independent of the other apostles, but "according to the command of God." We have, therefore, no liberty to regard h...
And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 1. Exceeding abundant - How much does God supply of our needs? When it comes to salvation, is there just...
“AND THE GRACE OF OUR LORD WAS MORE THAN ABUNDANT”: Even sins committed in ignorance by conscientious people need abundant grace. His ignorance did not make his sins any less sinful or any less in nee...
12-17 The apostle knew that he would justly have perished, if the Lord had been extreme to mark what was amiss; and also if his grace and mercy had not been abundant to him when dead in sin, working...
AND THE GRACE OF OUR LORD WAS EXCEEDING ABUNDANT; the free love of God towards me, in justifying such a guilty creature, and sanctifying such an unholy creature, and afterwards calling me to the offic...
1 Timothy 1:14 And G1161 grace G5485 our G2257 Lord G2962 abundant G5250 (G5656) with G3326 faith G4102 and...
1 Timothy 1:14. OUR LORD. In the earlier Epistles we have the forms ‘the Lord,' ‘the Lord Jesus Christ,' ‘Jesus Christ our Lord.' The use of this shortened form belongs to St. Paul's later language (2...
ABOUNDED EXCEEDINGLY (υπερεπλεονασεν). Aorist active indicative of the late and rare (Song of Solomon 5:19 and in Herond.) compound υπερπλεοναζω (here alone in N.T.), in later ecclesiastical writers...
1 Timothy 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;_ Christ is our hope; we have not a shadow of a hope apart from him. I...
CONTENTS: Legalism and unsound teaching rebuked. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Timothy, Alexander, Satan, Hymenaeus CONCLUSION: Witnesses of Christ must not only be charged to preach the true Gospel doctr...
1 Timothy 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ._ Beza cites here the reading of the Complute polyglot bible, made under the patronage of...
HIS ABUNDANT GRACE. The point is that God's grace outweighs Paul's sin!!! It may be that Paul's enemies (especially the circumcision party) tried to discredit and disqualify his _apostleship_ by point...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 1:3 Confronting the False Teaching. Paul charges Timothy to deal with the false teachers (vv. 1 Timothy 1:3). Next he briefly corrects their
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 1:12. HE COUNTED ME FAITHFUL.—For the very reason that he had been “a blasphemer and a persecutor and injurious,” the Jerusalem Christians looked askance at...
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 1:1 _Christ Jesus _for _Jesus Christ_,_ _A.V. and T.R.; _according to _for _by_,_ _A.V.; _Christ Jesus our hope _for _Lord Jesus Christ_,_ which is our hope_,_ _A.V. and T.R. For...
Ver. 14. _But the grace of our Lord superabounded_ ὑπερεπλεόνασεν not merely manifested itself in an act of mercy, and exhibition of undeserved goodness, as in the case of ordinary sinners, but overfl...
First Timothy. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour (1 Timothy 1:1), And the Greek word is "the royal commandment" of God; it's a word that is used when a king had m...
1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 John 4:10; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:8;...
Was exceeding abundant [υ π ε ρ ε π λ ε ο ν α σ ε ν]. Or abounded exceedingly. N. T. o. o LXX o Class. Paul is fond of compounds with uJper, which, with a few exceptions, are found only in his writing...
And the grace — Whereby I obtained mercy. Was exceeding abundant with faith — Opposite to my preceding unbelief. And love — Opposite to my blasphemy, persecution, and oppression....
Still our apostle goes on magnifying the transcendent mercy and abundant grace of God, that called him first to be. Christian, and then an apostle; and he shows, that this great mercy of God had great...