Scofield's Bible Commentary
1 Timothy 3:16
mystery
( See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11).
angels
( See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4).
world
Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".
( See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8).
mystery
( See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11).
angels
( See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4).
world
Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".
( See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8).
1 TIMOTHY 3:16 o[j {A} The reading which, on the basis of external evidence and transcriptional probability, best explains the rise of the others is o[j. It is supported by the earliest and best unci...
Verse 1 Timothy 3:16. _AND, WITHOUT CONTROVERSY_] Και ὁμολογουμενες· _And confessedly, by general consent_, it is a thing which no man _can_ or _ought to dispute_; any phrase of this kind expresses t...
AND, WITHOUT CONTROVERSY - Undeniably, certainly. The object of the apostle is to say that the truth which he was about to state admitted of no dispute. GREAT IS THE MYSTERY - On the meaning of the wo...
III. CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF GOD CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The overseer (1 Timothy 3:1)_ 2. The deacon (1 Timothy 3:8) 3. The house of God and the mystery of Godliness (1 Timothy 3:14)...
(_c_) 1 Timothy 3:14. THE AIM OF THE INSTRUCTIONS. The purpose of such directions, written lest Paul's visit be delayed, is to teach men proper behaviour in God's household (_cf._ Hebrews 3:6), the Ch...
THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH (1 Timothy 3:1-7)...
WITHOUT CONTROVERSY. confessedly. Greek. _homologoumenos_. Only here. GREAT. Emph. GODLINESS. See 1 Timothy 2:2. GOD. The Revised Version prints "He Who", and adds in margin, " _Theos_ (God) rests o...
_without controversy_ We may render, AND CONFESSEDLY MIGHTY IS THAT HOLY TRUTH REVEALED, the very grain and fibre of a reverent Christian life, which counts all as -holy ground," for Christ is -all in...
The important variants in this verse require close attention. θεός of the rec. text is found in CcD2cKLP and the vast majority of cursives; but it has no support from the versions, and the earliest fa...
ΟΜΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΈΝΩΣ (G3672) _adv._ бесспорно, несомненно, с общего согласия. Это _praes. part._ обозначающее единодушие христиан (Kelly; ЕСС, 129f). ΕΎΣΈΒΕΙΑ (G2150) набожность, праведность, религия. Это о...
DISCOURSE: 2230 THE GREAT MYSTERY OF GODLINESS 1 Timothy 3:16. _Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached...
GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, &C.— See the parallel passages: _The Word, that was God, dwelt among us; and we have seen his glory,_ John 1:1; John 1:14. _He was manifested, and came in the flesh, who...
IMPORTANCE OF INSTRUCTIONS 1 Timothy 3:14-16 _TEXT 3:14-16_ 14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly; 15 but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave...
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in...
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...
5 This passage is primarily intended to break down the bounds in which salvation had hitherto been confined. The testimony of past eras is no basis on which to build in this era. The testimony to the...
3:16 to (a-23) Or 'has been seen of.' God (m-9) I do not enter on the criticism of this text. It very likely should read 'He who has,' &c....
WITHOUT CONTROVERSY] rather, 'as we confess'; and then the Apostle quotes some words of an early confession of the Christian faith: 'He who was incarnate; whose righteousness was made manifest; who wa...
CONCERNING THE OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH 1-7. The fourth charge to Timothy, in respect to presbyters....
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 3 WHAT AN *ELDER MUST BE LIKE (3:1-7) V1 Anyone who aims to be a leader in the church desires a good task. That is true. V2 But...
AND WITHOUT CONTROVERSY GREAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS. — “_And_ is not simply copulative, but heightens the force of the predication, Yes, _confessedly great is the mystery”_ (Ellicott) — for the...
CHAPTER 12 THE RELATION OF HUMAN CONDUCT TO THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS. - 1 Timothy 3:14 ST. PAUL here makes a pause in the Epistle. He has brought to a close some of the principal directions which he...
The connexion of thought lies in a feeling that the lofty terms in which the Church has been just spoken of may demand a justification. _The truth_ of which the Church is στύλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα is not a...
These general directions will serve you as a guide in the administration of the Church until you see me. Your charge is one of transcendent importance. The Church is no human institution: it is the ho...
QUALIFICATIONS OF CHURCH OFFICIALS 1 Timothy 3:8 Younger men, referred to as deacons, were appointed to subordinate tasks, especially the relief of the poor, Acts 6:1. Though their service was less i...
Turning to the government of the Church, the apostle deals with two orders, bishops and deacons. The bishop is an overseer, whose duty it is to watch over the flock. The apostle describes the qualific...
PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS TO TIMOTHY Paul hoped he would soon be able to visit with Timothy in person about the organization of the church and actions of those who make it up. However, he knew travel was...
(8) And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, (k) justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, receive...
Mystery of piety, meaning the mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God: and so in most Greek copies, and in St. John Chrysostom we read, God appeared in the flesh. [6] --- Taken up into glory, by...
(16) And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received u...
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...
_MYSTERY IN RELIGION_ ‘And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in th...
_‘THE CHURCH TO TEACH, THE BIBLE TO PROVE’_ ‘The Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.’ 1 Timothy 3:15 The Bible is not one book; it is a library of books, written by differ...
16_Great is the mystery of godliness _Again, here is another enhancement. That the truth of God might not, through the ingratitude of men, be less esteemed than it ought, he extols its value, by stati...
The apostle next points out to Timothy the qualities necessary for a bishop or a deacon, as well as for the wife of the latter. [4] He supposes here that there were some who desired to undertake this...
AND WITHOUT CONTROVERSY GREAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS,.... What follows is so, the incarnation of Christ, his birth of a virgin, the union of the two natures, divine and human, in his person; this...
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up int...
_These things_ Concerning the character of persons fit to be intrusted with the office of bishops or deacons; _I write, hoping to come to thee shortly_ It seems evident from hence, that Paul intended...
THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS; that great mystery of the manifestation of God in human nature, of which the apostle proceeds to speak. It is a mystery, as having been hitherto hidden in the secret counsels...
AND WITHOUT CONTROVERSY GREAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, JUSTIFIED IN THE SPIRIT, SEEN OF ANGELS, PREACHED UNTO THE GENTILES, BELIEVED ON IN THE WORLD, RECEIVED UP INT...
THE PURPOSE OF PAUL'S LETTER AND A DOXOLOGY....
If before we have seen personal conduct that is to be consistent with assembly character, this chapter, while dealing with personal character still, connects it directly with the order of the assembly...
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up int...
“BY COMMON CONFESSION”: By consent of all, undenabily, most certainly. 1 TIMOTHY 3:16 “GREAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS”: Of great moment, of great weight, sublime, majestic, important. The term “mys...
14-16 The church is the house of God; he dwells there. The church holds forth the Scripture and the doctrine of Christ, as a pillar holds forth a proclamation. When a church ceases to be the pillar a...
OLBGrk; AND WITHOUT CONTROVERSY GREAT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS: the various use of the particle kai in the Greek, which we translate _and, _ maketh it doubtful what is the force of it here, whether...
Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus reason He sent the Word, that He might be manifested to the world; and He, being despised by the people [of the Jews], was, when preached by the Apostles, believed on...
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1 Timothy 3:16. WITHOUT CONTROVERSY. ‘ _Confessedly'_ answers better to the purely affirmative element of the Greek word. IS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS. As interpreted by the language of this Epistle,...
WITHOUT CONTROVERSY (ομολογουμενως). Old adverb from the participle ομολογουμενος from ομολογεω. Here only in N.T. "Confessedly."GREAT (μεγα). See Ephesians 5:32. "A great mystery."THE MYSTERY OF...
1 Timothy 3:16 I. Note the facts recorded. These you will perceive to be points in the life of our Lord, commencing with His incarnation, and, reaching through the intermediate period, to the time of...
CONTENTS: Qualifications of elders and deacons. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Satan. CONCLUSION: Those having places of authority in the church must be blameless, not lying under any scandal, watchful ag...
1 Timothy 3:1. _This is a true saying,_ an indubitable word, _if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work,_ a laudable sphere of labour and usefulness. But by the idea of a primiti...
NO ONE CAN DENY. The secret is the disclosure to mankind of practical religion (1 Corinthians 2:6-10). No one can deny the claims of Christianity are tremendous!!! HE APPEARED. The Logos took a human...
_And without doubt great is the mystery of godliness._ MYSTERY I shall deliver the nature of the thing itself in this definition, viz., that a mystery is truth revealed by God above the power of nat...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 3:14 Purpose of Writing: Behavior in the Church. Paul states the purpose of his letter and reveals its central focus. HOW ONE OUGHT TO BEHAVE in the church summarizes the i...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 3:16 Paul offers a poetic exposition of the gospel—perhaps a hymn—whose source is unknown. MYSTERY OF GODLINESS. See note on v. 9. GREAT INDEED, WE CONFESS
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 3:1 _Faithful is the saying _for _this is a true saying_,_ _A.V.; _seeketh _for _desire_,_ _A.V. FAITHFUL IS THE SAYING (see above, 1 Timothy 1:15, note). This manifestly refers...
Ver. 16. The more immediate reason, obviously, which led the apostle to bring so prominently out the spiritual and elevated idea he had just presented of the church of Christ, was to impress upon the...
Tonight we will be studying First Timothy three and four. It is interesting as Paul writes to Timothy on several occasions, he uses phrases that are interesting to me. He said, This is a faithful sayi...
1 Corinthians 15:47; 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 3:5; 1
Without controversy [ο μ ο λ ο γ ο υ μ ε ν ω ς]. Lit. confessedly. N. T. o. The mystery of godliness [τ ο τ η ς ε υ σ ε β ε ι α ς μ υ σ τ η ρ ι ο ν]. (a) The connection of thought is with the truth ...
The mystery of godliness — Afterwards specified in six articles, which sum up the whole economy of Christ upon earth. Is the pillar and ground — The foundation and support of all the truth taught in h...
Our apostle having exhorted Timothy in the preceding verses to behave himself worthily in the church of God, and as. pillar, supporting, maintaining, and upholding the truths of God, in this verse he...