Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
1 Timothy 1:3-11
REPETITION OF CHARGE ALREADY GIVEN TO TIMOTHY
REPETITION OF CHARGE ALREADY GIVEN TO TIMOTHY
Verse 1 Timothy 1:3. _I BESOUGHT THEE_] The apostle had seen that a bad seed had been sown in the Church; and, as he was obliged to go then into Macedonia, he wished Timothy, on whose prudence, piety...
AS I BESOUGHT THEE TO ABIDE STILL AT EPHESUS - It is clear from this, that Paul and Timothy had been laboring together at Ephesus, and the language accords with the supposition that Paul had been comp...
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...
(_b_) 1 Timothy 1:3. REMINDER OF PAUL'S VERBAL CHARGE. 1 Timothy 1:3. The False Teaching, and a Digression on the Law. Some years before, Paul had foretold that error would assail the Church in Asia ...
THE ROYAL COMMAND (1 Timothy 1:1-2)...
I am writing to you now to reinforce the plea that I already made to you, when I urged you to stay in Ephesus while I went to Macedonia, that you might pass on the order to some of the people there, n...
BESOUGHT. App-134. ABIDE. Greek. _prosmeno_ See Acts 11:23. AT. App-104. INTO. App-104. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_ CHARGE. Greek. _parangello_. See Acts 1:4. SOME, App-124. THAT THEY, &c...
_As I besought thee_… so do] Rather AS I EXHORTED THEE … SO DO I NOW, i.e. EXHORT THEE. The R.V. varies between -beseech" and -exhort" for _parakalein_, e.g. reading in Philemon 1:9, -for love's sake...
Timothy is exhorted to faithful Ministry. He is reminded first of the character of the true Gospel...
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1. SOUND DOCTRINE 1:3-20 1. DANGER TO SOUND DOCTRINE 1 Timothy 1:3-11 a. False Teachers. 1 Timothy 1:3-7 _TEXT 1:3-7_ 3 As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, When I was going into Macedonia, th...
As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, Timothy's superintendence of the church at Ephesus was as...
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...
AS I BESOUGHT THEE] The words 'so do' (i.e. remember and act upon my instructions), or 'so I do now,' RV, i.e. 'I repeat my charge to you,' must be supplied. WHEN I WENT] RV 'when I was going.' It is...
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...
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...
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...
THAT THOU MIGHTEST CHARGE SOME. — Some time _after_ the first imprisonment at Rome, and consequently beyond the period included by St. Luke in the Acts, St. Paul must have left Timothy behind at Ephes...
CHAPTER 3 THE DOCTRINE CONDEMNED IN THE PASTORAL EPISTLES A JEWISH FORM OF GNOSTICISM-THE GNOSTIC'S PROBLEM. - 1 Timothy 1:2 THIS Epistle falls into two main divisions, of which the first continues d...
THE MOTIVE OF THIS LETTER: to provide Timothy with a written memorandum of previous verbal instructions, especially with a view to novel speculations about the Law which sap the vitality of the Gospel...
καθώς : The apodosis supplied at the end of 1 Timothy 1:4 in the R.V., _so do I now_, is feebler than the _so do_ of the A.V. We need something more vigorous. St. Paul was more anxious that Timothy sh...
A CHARGE AGAINST “VAIN TALKING” 1 Timothy 1:1 The relation of Paul to Timothy is an example of one of those beautiful friendships between an older and a younger man, in which each is the complement o...
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...
CHARGING OTHERS TO TEACH NO OTHER DOCTRINE The word "urged" carries the idea of pleading or begging, according to Spain. It is an encouraging word that leaves the person with a sense of dignity. Timo...
(2) As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, (2) This whole epistle consists in admonitions, in whic...
_Not to teach otherwise; [2] i.e. than what I taught them. (Witham) --- The distinctive mark of a heretic, is the teaching differently from that which they found generally taught and believed in the u...
(3) As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, (4) Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies,...
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._As I besought thee _Either the syntax is elliptical, or the particle ἵνα is redundant; and in both cases the meaning will be obvious. (3) First, he reminds Timothy why he was besought to remain at...
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....
AS I BESOUGHT THEE TO ABIDE, STILL AT EPHESUS,.... Where it seems he now was, being left here by the apostle, and where he was desired by him to continue: WHEN I WENT INTO MACEDONIA; not when he went...
As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, Ver. 3. _That they teach no other doctrine_] Either for mat...
_As I besought thee_ Παρεκαλεσα σε, _I entreated thee._ It is observed by Beza, that by using this soft expression the apostle hath left a singular example of modesty, to be imitated by superiors in t...
OTHER DOCTRINE; false doctrine contrary to what Paul had taught....
As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,...
THE JUDAIZING TEACHERS....
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...
As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 1. Charge - What is a charge as used in this verse? Can we...
THE CHARGE 1 Timothy 1:3 “As. urged you upon my departure for Macedonia”: The congregations in Macedonia would have included Philippi and Thessalonica; these congregations had been in existence for ov...
1-4 Jesus Christ is a Christian's hope; all our hopes of eternal life are built upon him; and Christ is in us the hope of glory. The apostle seems to have been the means of Timothy's conversion; who...
OLBGrk; EPHESUS was a great city in Asia the Less, whither Paul came, ACTS 19:1; where Demetrius raised a tumult against him, which the town clerk appeased, as we read there. From thence he WENT INTO...
Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp Let not those who seem worthy of credit, but teach strange doctrines,[18] Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp Let not those who seem worthy of credit, but teach strange...
1 Timothy 1:3 As G2531 urged G3870 (G5656) you G4571 went G4198 (G5740) into G1519 remain G4357 ...
1 Timothy 1:3. AS I BESOUGHT THEE TO ABIDE AT EPHESUS. See Introduction as to the occasion thus referred to. On the assumption of the conclusion there arrived at, it would be at the close of St. Paul'...
AS I EXHORTED (καθως παρεκαλεσα). There is an ellipse of the principal clause in verse 1 Timothy 1:4 ( SO DO I NOW not being in the Greek).TO TARRY (προσμεινα). First aorist active infinitive of π...
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...
I WANT YOU TO STAY IN EPHESUS. Timothy was not a "bishop" in the modern sense, but a teaching evangelist (_compare note on_ Ephesians 4:11). It was his mission to teach the new Christians, to appoint...
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 1:3. CHARGE SOME THAT THEY TEACH NO OTHER DOCTRINE.—R.V. “charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine.” It is doctrine that differs in quality that...
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...
Vers. 3, 4. _According as I besought thee when setting out for Macedonia, [so I do now], to abide still at Ephesus, in order that thou mightest charge some not to teach any other doctrine, nor to give...
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 Timothy 4:11; 1 Timothy 4:6; 1 Timothy 5:7; 1 Timothy 6:10;...
Even as [κ α θ ω ς]. An awkward construction, there being nothing to answer to kaqwv. To abide [π ρ ο σ μ ε ι ν α ι]. To continue on. The compound does not occur in Paul, but is found in Acts 11:23;...
OUR GUIDE AMID THE DENIALS OF THE FAITH 1 Timothy 1:1, _1 Timothy 1:18_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Will Christ find Faith on the earth? The question above has to do with the Second Coming of Christ, and...
Charge some to teach no other doctrine — Than I have taught. Let them put nothing in the place of it, add nothing to it....
Note here, 1. The tender care which St. Paul took of the new planted church at Ephesus; when his office called him into Macedonia, he leaves Timothy behind him at Ephesus, to water what he had planted...