1 Timothy 4 - Introduction
Apostolic Government in regard to Doctrine... [ Continue Reading ]
Apostolic Government in regard to Doctrine... [ Continue Reading ]
False Teachers mar the Truth of the Incarnate Redeemer 1. _Now the Spirit speaketh_ The connexion is this. The teachers and ministers of the Church must hold her central doctrine. It stands strong and firm a rock pillar; -Christ the Son of the living God," (1) incarnate, (2) redeemer of the world. B... [ Continue Reading ]
_speaking lies in hypocrisy_ Rather, as R.V. THROUGH THE HYPOCRISY OF MEN THAT SPEAK LIES, that is, the -false prophets," -many of whom," we read, by the time of the writing of 1 John 4:1, -are gone out into the world" as the scene of their activity; cf. Westcott's note there. -The words point, as i... [ Continue Reading ]
_forbidding to marry_ See on 1 Timothy 4:1 and Introduction, pp. 46, 48, 50, 51. From the verb -forbidding" must be supplied by the rule called _zeugma_(Winer, § 661 e), the positive -bidding" with the infinitive -to abstain from meats." -Meats" is to be understood in its older sense -food for eatin... [ Continue Reading ]
_every creature of God is good_ Creation in all its parts is meant, everything made by God; for this use of the word -creature" from Lat. _creatura_compare the Communion Office in the Prayer-Book, -receiving these Thy creatures of bread and wine." All God's workmanship -is good, and was so pronounce... [ Continue Reading ]
_for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer_ Rather, THROUGH. The -word of God" is most commonly in N.T. -the gospel" generally, Act 4:31, 1 Corinthians 14:36, Col 1:25, 1 Thessalonians 2:2; 1Th 2:8-9; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Revelation 20:4; sometimes more pointedly -the word which _God speak... [ Continue Reading ]
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 modern sense; Chrysostom, -as one giving counsel let him present these things." _these_things] Taking up... [ Continue Reading ]
_refuse profane and old wives" fables_ This clause Westcott and Hort connect by a comma with the preceding rather than the following sentence. Surely to connect so closely the future -thou shalt be" and the imperative -refuse" is an unnecessary awkwardness; R.V. taking the same general view of the c... [ Continue Reading ]
_bodily exercise profiteth little_ Rather, with R.V., BODILY EXERCISE IS PROFITABLE FOR A LITTLE. The Latin of Theod. Mops. gives the straightforward and natural account: -corporalis exercitatio ad modicum est utilis" (so Vulgate -ad modicum"): -qui enim in agone sunt corporali et ad hoc seipsos exe... [ Continue Reading ]
This is _a faithful saying_ R.V. again, FAITHFUL IS THE SAYING, following the Greek construction. But -It is a faithful saying," is equally correct according to English idiom. The A.V. and R.V. end the verse with a full stop, leaving us apparently little liberty to make 1 Timothy 4:10 the -faithful... [ Continue Reading ]
_therefore we both labour_ IN VIEW OF THIS, namely, our hope fixed on the fulness of the blessing of life from the _living_God, a present and a future salvation, -goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men, creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life," enjoyed to the full only... [ Continue Reading ]
_These_things _command and teach_ The link between the paragraphs. -Lay down against all comers the true Gospel; shew no boyish shrinking; on every side of conduct and character command imitation.... [ Continue Reading ]
_in conversation_ IN BEHAVIOUR; the verb occurs above 1 Timothy 3:15; see note. It is an especial favourite of St Peter's, noun and verb occurring 10 times in his short Epistles. The five words describe five stages, from the most defined external to the most defined internal characteristics speech,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Till I come_ The present indic, (instead of future indic. or aorist subjunctive) is found Luke 19:13, -trade ye herewith till I come;" John 21:22, -if I will that he tarry till I come." The right reading in the former passage, dative of relative with preposition (instead of conjunction), shews how... [ Continue Reading ]
_the gift that is in thee_ The connexion here and round the parallel 1 Timothy 4: 2 Timothy 1:6 implies a gift for ruling and teaching, distinct from the gift conferred through -the laying on" of St Paul's hands at Ephesus, Acts 19:6, the extraordinary gifts of speaking with tongues, &c., from the H... [ Continue Reading ]
_Meditate upon these_things] Rather, to give in our idiom the emphasis of the pronoun in the two clauses, THIS LIFE, THIS WORK, THIS GIFT, BE DILIGENT IN PRACTISING, BE WHOLLY GIVEN UP TO THEM. Both phrases are classical and are illustrated by the well-known line of Horace _Sat_. i. 9, 2, -nescio qu... [ Continue Reading ]
_the doctrine_ Again, THY TEACHING; -thyself" sums up 1Ti 4:12; 1 Timothy 4:14, -thy teaching," 1 Timothy 4:13, so that the plural CONTINUE IN THEM is quite natural. The best punctuation is, with Drs Hort and Westcott, to put only semicolons at the end of 1 Timothy 4:15 and in 1 Timothy 4:16, shewin... [ Continue Reading ]