Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Timothy 3:3
Not (c) given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
(c) A common drinker and one that will often partake of it.
Not (c) given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
(c) A common drinker and one that will often partake of it.
1 TIMOTHY 3:3 plh,kthn After plh,kthn the Textus Receptus, as well as many minuscules, inserts mh. aivscrokerdh/. The words are a gloss derived from Titus 1:7 and are not...
Verse 1 Timothy 3:3. An _eighth_ article in his character is, HE MUST NOT BE _GIVEN TO WINE_; μηπαροινον. This word not only signifies one who is _inordinately attached to wine_, a _winebibber_ or _t...
NOT GIVEN TO WINE - Margin, “Not ready to quarrel and offer wrong, as one in wine.” The Greek word (πάροινος paroinos) occurs in the New Testament only here and in Titus 1:7. It means, properly, “by...
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)...
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THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH (1 Timothy 3:1-7)...
NOT. App-105. GIVEN TO WINE. Greek. _paroinos_. Here and Titus 1:7, NO STRIKER. not (Greek. _me)_. striker (Greek. _plektes_. Here and Titus 1:7). NOT GREEDY, &c. The texts omit, the idea being exp...
_not given to wine_ Margin R.V. expresses exactly the usage of the word, -not quarrelsome over wine," like the term so painfully familiar in our police-courts, -drunk and disorderly": again peculiar t...
The duties and characters of Bishops or Presbyters Following the directions concerning the general arrangements for public worship come instructions as to the character and qualifications of the appo...
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Rec. text after πλήκτην inserts μὴ αἰσχροκερδῆ (from Titus 1:7) with 37 and many other cursives; _om_. all uncials and versions. 3. ΜῊ ΠΆΡΟΙΝΟΝ. πάροινος. expresses more than φίλοινος or than the μὴ ο...
ΠΆΡΟΙΝΟΣ (G3943) тот, кто много времени уделяет выпивке; находящийся в алкогольной зависимости (RW; Kelly), ΠΛΉΚΤΗΣ (G4131) с отр. не раздающий удары; не сторонник насилия (Kelly), ΕΠΙΕΙΚΉΣ (G1933)...
NO STRIKER, &C.— Instead of _no striker,_ Dr. Heylin reads, _not violent;_—not a lover of contention, or one who has so little government of himself, as passionately to fly out against others....
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Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; NOT GIVEN TO WINE, [ Mee (G3361) Paroinon (G3943) includes, not indulging in the brawling which...
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 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...
CONCERNING THE OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH 1-7. The fourth charge to Timothy, in respect to presbyters....
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NOT GIVEN TO WINE. — Drunkenness is scarcely alluded to here. It is rather a warning against choosing for the sacred office one given to frequenting noisy banquets, where wild and imprudent words are...
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μὴ πάροινον (_no brawler_, R.V., _quarrelsome over wine_, R.V. m.), and μὴ πλήκτην are similarly coupled together in Titus 1:7. παροινία means _violent temper_, not specially excited by overindulgence...
FITNESS FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP 1 Timothy 3:1 One of Timothy's most urgent duties was to take care that those who held office in the churches were beyond reproach. The tone of a Christian community...
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...
QUALIFICATIONS OF BISHOPS Paul turned from leadership in worship to leadership in the church. Men are not to be drafted into this work against their will but must desire this work. Spain says the word...
_Not given to wine, or a lover of wine. This, says St. John Chrysostom, is less than to be a drunkard; for such are excluded from the kingdom of heaven, whoever they be. (1 Corinthians vi. 10.) --- No...
(1) В¶ This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. (2) A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given 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...
3_Not addicted to wine. By _the word πάροινον, (56) which is here used, the Greeks denote not merely drunkenness, but any intemperance in guzzling wine. And, indeed, to drink wine excessively is not o...
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...
NOT GIVEN TO WINE,.... One that does not sit at it, or is continually drinking it, and is intemperate in the use of it; otherwise it is lawful for persons in such an office to drink wine, and sometime...
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; Ver. 3. _Not given to wine_] No ale stake, tavern haunter, that sits close at it, till the wine in...
_A bishop then_ Or an overseer of the flock of Christ, that he may be capable of such an office; _must be blameless_ In every respect with regard to his moral character, since any thing which might be...
GREEDY OF FILTHY LUCRE; that is, of gain obtained by base arts and employments....
THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP, OR PASTOR....
NOT GIVEN TO WINE, NO STRIKER, NOT GREEDY OF FILTHY LUCRE, BUT PATIENT, NOT A BRAWLER, NOT COVETOUS;...
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...
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 1. Given - Can an elder drink any alcoholic beverages? 2. Striker - Does this prohibit an elder f...
NOT GIVEN TO WINE: Or, not ready to quarrel and offer wrong as one in wine...
“NOT ADDICTED TO WINE”: Literally, the expression is “not beside wine”. “It is not merely drunkenness that is here prohibited; if it was, we would doubtless have the word which is appropriated to the...
1-7 If a man desired the pastoral office, and from love to Christ, and the souls of men, was ready to deny himself, and undergo hardships by devoting himself to that service, he sought to be employed...
OLBGrk; NOT GIVEN TO WINE; the word signifieth a common tippler, whether he drinks to the loss of his reason or no; a wine-bibber, that makes bibbing at a tavern his trade: no sitter at wine. NO STRIK...
The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity not misleaders; not "lovers of money; not malevolent."[140]...
1 Timothy 3:3 not G3361 wine G3943 not G3361 violent G4131 not G3361 money G146 but G235 gentle G1933 quarrelsome...
1 Timothy 3:3. The words imply that in the haste of the early organization of the Church, mistakes had been made which invested even such characters as those described with the office of a bishop or e...
NO BRAWLER (μη παροινον). Later word for the earlier παροινιος, one who sits long at (beside, παρα) his wine. In N.T. only here and Titus 1:3.NO STRIKER (μη πληκτην). Late word from πλησσω, to st...
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...
NOT BE A DRUNKARD. Not an alcoholic. OR A VIOLENT MAN. One who has an _explosive_ temper! GENTLE AND PEACEFUL. He and the other church leaders (there were always more than one in each congregation) ac...
_The office of a bishop._ THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP A GOOD WORK If a man desire the office of a bishop from right principles, he desireth. not a secular dignity--not a good benefice--not a post of hon...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 3:2 The meaning of HUSBAND OF ONE WIFE is widely debated. The Greek phrase literally states, “of one woman [wife] man [husband].” (1) Many scholars understand this to mean...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 3:1 In listing the qualifications for the overseer of a church, Paul emphasizes character rather than specific duties. The list describes a person of mature Christian chara...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 3:1. THIS IS A TRUE SAYING.—See note on 1 Timothy 1:15. IF ANY MAN DESIRE THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP.—It is generally admitted that to the latest New Testament t...
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. 3. The apostle proceeds with the enumeration of qualities that ought to meet in the pastor: μὴ πάροινον, which the Authorized Version renders, “not given to much wine,” but it is rather _not a br...
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 Peter 5:2; 1 Samuel 2:15; 1 Samuel 8:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:14;...
Given to wine [π α ρ ο ι ν ο ν]. Only here and Titus 1:7. The verb paroinein to behave ill at wine, to treat with drunken violence, is found in Xenophon, Aeschines, Aristophanes, and Aristotle. Once i...
The negative characater of. bishop now follows, showing what he must not be. NOT GIVEN TO WINE; that is, to much wine, no inordinate lover either of wine or strong drink, no wine-bibber, no sitter at...