Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
1 Timothy 6:1-2
iv. 1, 2. DUTY OF SLAVES TO THEIR MASTERS, WHETHER HEATHEN OR CHRISTIAN
iv. 1, 2. DUTY OF SLAVES TO THEIR MASTERS, WHETHER HEATHEN OR CHRISTIAN
CHAPTER VI. _Of the duty of servants_, 1, 2. _Of false teachers, who suppose gain to be godliness_, 3-5. _Of true godliness, and contentment_, 6-8. _Of those, and their dangerous state, who determ...
LET AS MANY SERVANTS - On the word here rendered “servants” - δοῦλοι douloi - see the notes on Ephesians 6:5. The word is that which was commonly applied to a slave, but it is so extensive in its sig...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Concerning servants (1 Timothy 6:1)_ 2. Concerning those who oppose (1 Timothy 6:3) 3. Concerning contentment and temptation (1 Timothy 6:6) 4. The final exhortations ...
1 Timothy 6:1 A. SLAVES. Christianity freed slaves by evolution rather than revolution. A grave social peril would have arisen in the first century had slaves misinterpreted their liberty in Christ (p...
HOW TO BE A SLAVE AND A CHRISTIAN (1 Timothy 6:1-2)...
Let all those who are slaves under the yoke hold their own masters to be worthy of all respect, in order that no one may have an opportunity to speak evil of the name of God and the Christian teaching...
SERVANTS. App-190. UNDER. App-104. MASTERS. App-98. THAT in order that. Greek. _hina_. God. App-98. NOT. App-105....
_as many servants as are under the yoke_ The position of the Greek words and their meaning are against this rendering. There would be no servants (slaves) who would not be -under the yoke;" but since...
Timothy's duties in regard to slaves The last of the four sections of special charge (commenced in the previous chapter) is Timothy's attitude towards Christian slaves. The position taken by Christ a...
ΌΣΟΣ (G3745) какой, который. Местоимение обозначает всех, принадлежащих к определенному классу или группе, ΖΥΓΌΣ (G2218) ярмо, иго. Метафора "под игом" обозначает рабство, плен, так как пленные должн...
_1 TIMOTHY 6:1_.— Whether the law, "that the Jews should none of them remain slaves for life, withouttheirownconsent,"(Exod.xxi.2-6.) might, through the devices of Satan, give occasion to introduce so...
CARE OF SLAVES 1 Timothy 6:1-2 _TEXT 6:1, 2_ 1 Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And t...
Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. SERVANTS. Explanatory predicate, "Let as many as ar...
19 Unless sufficient evidence to establish his guilt is produced, no charge against an elder is to be entertained. A single witness may be mistaken, or biased: he must be corroborated by one or more o...
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...
6:1 masters (f-12) _ Despotes_ . see Acts 4:24 ; 'serve,' ver. 2, is _ douleuo_ ....
CONCERNING SERVANTS, THE RICH, AND CORRUPT TEACHERS 1, 2. The eighth charge to Timothy, as to bondservants or slaves. We have here an indication of the way in which Christianity abolished slavery—not...
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 6 SERVANTS AND MASTERS (6:1-2) V1 Those who are slaves must respect and honour their masters. They should do this so that no on...
VI. (1) LET AS MANY SERVANTS AS ARE UNDER THE YOKE COUNT THEIR OWN MASTERS WORTHY OF ALL HONOUR. — From questions connected with the presbyters and others among the recognised ministers and officials...
CHAPTER 16 THE NATURE OF ROMAN SLAVERY AND THE APOSTLE'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS IT-A MODERN PARALLEL. - 1 Timothy 6:1 THERE are four passages in which St. Paul deals directly with the relations between sla...
The duty of Christian slaves to heathen and Christian masters respectively....
The politico-social problem of the first ages of Christianity was the relation of freemen to slaves, just as the corresponding problem before the Church in our own day is the relation of the white to...
GODLINESS IS TRUE GAIN 1 Timothy 6:1 The Apostle gives rules for the treatment of the slaves who rendered service in the households of that time. If the slave was in the household of a heathen master...
The final injunction of the apostle concerning Timothy's duty toward his flock had to do with his dealing with Christian slaves. The master must not treat them with contempt. They are to recognize tha...
There were millions of slaves in the Roman empire at the time Paul wrote this letter. Those converted to Christ were urged to be good servants giving proper respect to their masters. If they were offe...
Let (1) as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, (2) that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not blasphemed. (1) He adds also rules for the servant's dut...
Lest the name and doctrine of the Lord be blasphemed, or ill spoken of by infidels, when such as were converted refused to be servants. --- Let them not despise them, &c. That is, they who were servan...
CONTENTS The Apostle is prosecuting, in this Chapter, his Exhortation to Timothy concerning Church government. And having noticed several wise Regulations on this Subject with others, closeth his Epi...
(1) В¶ Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. (2) And they that have believing masters, let 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...
It appears that, at the beginning of the gospel, slaves cheered their hearts, as if the signal had been given for their emancipation; for Paul labors hard, in all his writings, to repress that desire;...
The apostle then goes equally into detail with regard to servants, that is, slaves. They were to respect their masters, in order that the doctrine of the Lord should not be blasphemed. When the master...
LET AS MANY SERVANTS AS ARE UNDER THE YOKE,.... Not under the yoke of the law of God, or under the yoke of Christ; though the servants here spoken of were under both; but "under the yoke of government...
Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and _his_ doctrine be not blasphemed. Ver. 1. _Count their own masters_] And not under a...
Because the law of Moses (Exo 21:2) did not allow Israelites to be made slaves for life, without their own consent, it seems the Judaizing teachers, with a view to allure slaves to their party, encour...
UNDER THE YOKE; the yoke of servitude or bondage. COUNT THEIR OWN MASTERS WORTHY; manifest towards them a respectful, kind, forgiving, benevolent, Christian spirit. THAT THE NAME OF GOD AND HIS DOCT...
THE STATION OF THE SLAVES. Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and His doctrine be not blasphemed. AND THEY THAT HAVE BELIEVIN...
It may be noted that in this epistle the relationships of husband and wives, children and parents, are not mentioned, as are the questions of elders, widows, and now servants. For family ties are not...
Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 1. Servants - What group of people are being discussed...
It would appear that slaves formed. considerable element in the early church. “The very difficulty of their position made it necessary that Timothy direct special instructions to them” _(Hiebert p. 10...
1-5 Christians were not to suppose that religious knowledge, or Christian privileges, gave them any right to despise heathen masters, or to disobey lawful commands, or to expose their faults to other...
1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 6 1 TIMOTHY 6:1,2 The duty of servants. 1 TIMOTHY 6:3 Those who teach not according to the apostle's doctrine are to be avoided, as corrupters of Christianity. 1 TIMOTHY 6:6 The gain...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians Give no occasion to the Gentiles, lest "by means of a few foolish men the word and doctrine [of Christ.] be blasphemed."[58]...
1 Timothy 6:1 Let G2233 many G3745 bondservants G1401 as G3745 are G1526 (G5748) under G5259 yoke G2218 count...
1 Timothy 6:1. The subject of Church discipline in the strict sense of the word had been finished. But social questions of no small difficulty remained to be dealt with, and these St. Paul, with the w...
UNDER THE YOKE (υπο ζυγον). As slaves (δουλο, bondsmen). Perhaps under heathen masters (1 Peter 2:18). For the slave problem, see also 1 Timothy 6:1; Colossians 3:22;...
CONTENTS: Work of the minister continued. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy, Pilate. CONCLUSION: The minister of Christ is to preach not only the general duties of all, but the duties of particu...
1 Timothy 6:1. _Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour,_ by obeying their commands, for in civil society we are all servants, and have duties which mus...
ALL WHO ARE SLAVES. Christianity is to _leaven,_ not _displace,_ the existing social order. Compare 1 Corinthians 7:20-24 and notes. Many of the Christians were slaves. Because the Law (Exodus 21:2) w...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 6:1 Paul addresses Christian slaves (or “bondservants”; see esv footnote and note on 1 Cor. 7:21), who may be serving either believing or unbelieving masters. This issue sh...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 6:1. THAT THE NAME OF GOD AND HIS DOCTRINE BE NOT BLASPHEMED.—Masters who had slaves professing to be Christians and yet supercilious would curse them and t...
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 6:1 _Are servants _for _servants as are_,_ _A.V.;_ the doctrine _for _his doctrine_,_ _A.V. SERVANTS; literally, _slaves_._ _That slaves formed a considerable portion of the firs...
CHAPTER VI Ver. 1. _Whoever are under the yoke as bond-servants, let them reckon their own masters worthy of all honour._ The rendering in the Authorized Version, “as many servants as are under the yo...
Now Paul turns to the subject of servants in chapter six. Let as many servants as are under the yoke (1 Timothy 6:1) That is, to a master. count their own masters worthy of all honour (1 Timothy 6:...
1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 7:21; 1 Corinthians 7:22; 1 Peter 2:12;...
As many servants as are under the yoke (ο σ ο ι ε ι σ ι ν υ π ο ζ υ γ ο ν δ ο υ λ ο ι]. Incorrect. Rather, as many as are under the yoke as bondservants. As bondservants is added in explanation of und...
Let servants under the yoke — Of heathen masters. Account them worthy of all honour — All the honour due from a servant to a master. Lest the name of God and his doctrine be blasphemed — As it surely...
Our apostle having, in the preceding Chapter s, instructed Timothy to give the necessary directions for the performances of several relative duties, in this chapter he particularly directs him to inst...