1 Timothy 5:15

τινες : See note on 1 Timothy 1:3.

ἐξετράπησαν ὀπίσω τοῦ Σ.: This is a pregnant phrase, meaning “ They have turned out of the way [of life and light] and have followed after Satan ”. “The prepositional use of ὀπίσω, which is foreign to profane writers, takes its origin from the LXX (Hebr. אַחֲרֵי)” (Blass, Gram. p. 129). The primary phrase is ἔρχεσθαι [also ἀκολουθεῖν or πορεύεσθαι] ὀπίσω τινός. For ὀπίσω in an unfavourable sense cf. Luke 21:8; John 12:19; Acts 5:37; Acts 20:30; 2 Peter 2:10; Jude 1:7; Revelation 13:3. The phrase, no doubt, refers to something worse than a second marriage.