Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

1 Timothy 4:15

Rec. text inserts ἐν before πᾶσιν with D2cKLP (a mistaken explanatory gloss), om. אACD2*G and Vss.

15. ταῦτα μελέτα. μελετάω only occurs once again in N.T. (Acts 4:25) and then in a quotation from the LXX. (Psalms 2:1). It may mean either (a) meditate, ponder, as in that passage, or (b) practise, the latter being the prevailing meaning of the word. But (a) here seems more suitable to the context, ponder these things, sc. the injunctions of 1 Timothy 4:12-14.

ἐν τούτοις ἴσθι. Cp. Horace “omnis in hoc sum”; and “totus in illis.”

προκοπή, progress, whether in the Christian life or (more especially) in fitness for his office. The word only occurs in N.T. here and in Philippians 1:12; Philippians 1:25, but is found in LXX.; cp. 2 Timothy 2:16; 2 Timothy 3:9; 2 Timothy 3:13 where the verb προκόπτειν is used of progress in the direction of evil.

φανερὰ ῃ πᾶσιν. Cp. Matthew 5:16.

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