Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
1 Timothy 4:6-10
6–10. i. TIMOTHY’S DUTY IN RESPECT OF THE FALSE ASCETICISM
6–10. i. TIMOTHY’S DUTY IN RESPECT OF THE FALSE ASCETICISM
Verse 1 Timothy 4:6. _IF THOU PUT THE BRETHREN IN REMEMBRANCE OF THESE_ _THINGS_] Show the Church that, even now, there is danger of this apostasy; put them on their guard against it; for the forewar...
IF THOU PUT THE BRETHREN IN REMEMBRANCE OF THESE THINGS - Of the truths just stated. They are, therefore, proper subjects to preach upon. It is the duty of the ministry to show to the people of their...
IV. CONCERNING THE LATTER-DAY APOSTASY CHAPTER 4 _ 1. What the Spirit has predicted (1 Timothy 4:1)_ 2. The remedies against apostasy (1 Timothy 4:6) 1 Timothy 4:1 The mystery of godliness h
THE TREATMENT NEEDED. Timothy must meet the errors by (_a)_ personal example (1 Timothy 4:6) and (_b_) diligent teaching (1 Timothy 4:11). In combating error he must continually draw his strength from...
If you lay these things before the brothers, you will be a fine servant of Jesus Christ, if you feed your life on the words of faith, and of the fine teaching of which you have been a student and a fo...
THE SERVICE OF GOD OR THE SERVICE OF SATAN (1 Timothy 4:1-5)...
IF THOU PUT, &c. Literally Putting... in remembrance. Greek. _hupotithemi_. Only here and Romans 16:4. MINISTER. App-190. JESUS CHRIST, App-98. The texts read "Christ Jesus" (XII). NOURISHED UP. Gr...
Timothy's own hold of right doctrine and right discipline 6. _in remembrance_ R.V. has IN MIND, the Greek not so strongly implying a re-presentation of these points as a -representation" in our moder...
ΥΠΟΤΙΘΈΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΎΠΟΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5294) класть что-л.; med: предлагать или выделять что-л. (BAGD). Part, может иметь условное значение ("если ты предложишь") [Ellicott]) или может...
THE PREACHER AND THE FALSE TEACHERS. 1 Timothy 4:6-10 _TEXT 4:6-10_ 6 If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the fa...
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. IF TH...
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...
1 The signs of the last days are all present with us now. The teaching of deceiving spirits and demons has become one of the great and popular cults of the day. Their deception seems chiefly to take t...
4:6 minister (e-12) Or 'servant,' _ diakonos_ , as ch. 3.8. up. (f-33) Or 'been thoroughly acquainted with.' see Luke 1:3 ; 2 Timothy 3:10 ....
MINISTER] The word _diaconus_ is still used in its general sense (cp. Ephesians 3:7) as well as specifically (1 Timothy 3:8)....
VARIOUS DIRECTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS 1-10. A return to, and emphatic reiteration of, the first charge to Timothy (1 Timothy 1:3) against heterodoxy and in favour of true godliness. This form of hetero...
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 WARNING AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS (4:1-5) V1 The Spirit clearly says that in the last days some people will turn from the *faith...
IF THOU PUT THE BRETHREN IN REMEMBRANCE OF THESE THINGS. — The “things” of which he was to put the brethren in mind were those practices connected with that foolish, false asceticism alluded to in 1 T...
The spread of these mischievous notions among the brethren is most effectively discouraged by a demonstration in the person of the minister himself of the positive teaching of the Gospel as to practic...
ταῦτα : repeated in 1 Timothy 4:11, refers to all the preceding directions, but more especially to the warnings against false asceticism. ὑποτιθέμενος : (_remind, suggest_) is a somewhat mild term, a...
REJECT FALSE AND FOOLISH TEACHING 1 Timothy 4:1 We have here the Apostle's forecast of the last times, _i.e_., the condition in which men will find themselves as the age draws to a close. Notwithstan...
Having thus dealt with the Church, the apostle showed Timothy how he was to fulfil his responsibility. He had a duty toward the truth, and therefore toward the Church. In order to correct errors which...
A GOOD MINISTER OF JESUS CHRIST If Timothy presented lessons to the Ephesians that caused them to see the truths already presented, which included instructions on the dangerous false doctrine soon to...
(9) If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast (f) attained....
(6) В¶ If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. (7...
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...
6_Exhibiting these things to the brethren _By this expression he exhorts Timothy to mention those things frequently; and he afterwards repeats this a second and a third time; for they are things of su...
But there would be some who departed from the faith, from this knowledge of the one Creator and Saviour-God Him who was manifested in the flesh. They would attack precisely these points which we have...
IF THOU PUT THE BRETHREN IN REMEMBRANCE OF THESE THINGS,.... Either of all the main and principal things already mentioned in the preceding Chapter s; as that the end of the commandment is love; that...
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. Ver. 6....
_If thou put the brethren in remembrance_, &c. Ταυτα υποτιθεμενος τοις αδελφοις, _suggesting these things to the brethren_, concerning the lawfulness of all sorts of meats, and concerning the corrupt...
THESE THINGS; the truths of which he had spoken. To point out the errors of popery and the predictions of the Bible concerning it, and to warn the people against its seductive, demoralizing, and ruino...
THE PERSONAL CONDUCT OF TIMOTHY. Timothy as a good teacher:...
IF THOU PUT THE BRETHREN IN REMEMBRANCE OF THESE THINGS, THOU SHALT BE A GOOD MINISTER OF JESUS CHRIST, NOURISHED UP IN THE WORDS OF FAITH AND OF GOOD DOCTRINE, WHEREUNTO THOU HAST ATTAINED....
The solemn warning here is in startling contrast to the preciousness of what we have considered as to God manifest in flesh. How cold is the heart of man that he will turn deliberately from a faith so...
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the word of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 1. Brethr...
THE GOOD SERVANT 1 Timothy 4:6 “In pointing out these things to the brethren”: The expression “these things” certainly includes what is mentioned in 1 Timothy 4:1. What Paul is writing is not just for...
6-10 Outward acts of self-denial profit little. What will it avail us to mortify the body, if we do not mortify sin? No diligence in mere outward things could be of much use. The gain of godliness li...
IF THOU PUT THE BRETHREN IN REMEMBRANCE OF THESE THINGS; if by thy preaching publicly, and by thy more private instructions of Christians at Ephesus, thou teachest them these things. THOU SHALT BE A G...
1 Timothy 4:6 instruct G5294 (G5734) brethren G80 things G5023 be G2071 (G5704) good G2570 minister G1249 Jesus...
PAUL NOW GIVES A MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT OF WHAT TIMOTHY'S MINISTRY WILL INVOLVE (1 TIMOTHY 4:1 TO 1 TIMOTHY 6:10). It is interesting how much the second half of this letter is patterned on the first. B...
1 Timothy 4:6. IF THOU PUT THE BRETHREN IN REMEMBRANCE. The Greek verb is hardly so definite, and is better expressed by ‘ _suggesting'_ or ‘ _advising.'_ The use of the word tends to limit ‘these thi...
IF THOU PUT THE BRETHREN IN MIND OF THESE THINGS (ταυτα υποτιθεμενος τοις αδελφοις). Present middle participle of υποτιθημ, to place under, to suggest, old and common verb, here only in N.T., "sugg...
CONTENTS: Walk of a good minister of Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy. CONCLUSION: Those are good ministers of Jesus Christ who are diligent to instil into the minds of the...
1 Timothy 4:1. _Now the Spirit speaketh expressly,_ “learnedly, openly, perspicuously, and not in shadows, as was the manner of the ancient prophets.” THEOPHYLACT. See the note on 2 Thessalonians 2:1....
THESE INSTRUCTIONS. "You must teach the truth about these things I have just mentioned, to warn the brothers about the false things that some will teach." AS YOU FEED YOURSELF SPIRITUALLY. "If you are...
_If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things._ COUNSELS TO GOD’S SERVANTS The wise counsels given here to Timothy have their value in every age, and in every land, for those who are call...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 4:6 How Timothy Should Be Shaped by the Gospel. Paul focuses on how Timothy, by his teaching and lifestyle, can help the church stand against the false teaching....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 4:7. BUT REFUSE PROFANE AND OLD WIVES’ FABLES.—Have nothing whatever to do with those irreligious and pitiable myths. What some reputed as wisdom St. Paul ca...
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 4:1 _But _for _now_,_ _A.V.; _saith _for _speaketh_,_ _A.V.;_ later _for _the latter_,_ _A.V.;_ fall away _for _depart_,_ _A.V. THE SPIRIT SAITH EXPRESSLY (ῥητῶς);_ _only here...
Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils (1 Timothy 4:1); Here Paul speaks of a departure fr...
1 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Peter 2:2;...
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things [τ α υ τ α υ π ο τ ι θ ε μ ε ν ο ς τ ο ι ς α δ ε λ φ ο ι ς]. The verb only here and Romans 16:4. Lit. to put under; so almost without exception...
Our apostle proceeds from this verse to the end of the chapter, to lay several directions before Timothy with reference to his ministerial office. The first of which is that he suggest unto, or PUT TH...