1 Timothy 6:5

“ Constant friction”: Constant strife, mutual irritations, wearing discussion and protracted wrangling.

1 Timothy 6:5 “ Between men of depraved mind”: “Sadder still the spiritual character of the men who are occupied with such teaching. Their mind, the organ of moral thinking and comprehension, is in. state of corruption and disintegration, no longer functioning normally” (Hiebert p. 111). The participle is passive in voice, which implies that someone else, or something else is the agent who did the corrupting or changing for the worse. Other passages note that such. condition is not inborn, rather it is. consequence of rejecting the truth (Romans 1:28; Ephesians 4:17; 2 Timothy 3:8; Titus 1:15). We will become corrupted as well if we open up our minds to conceit and falsehood.

1 Timothy 6:5 “ Between”: “The Greek simply has. genitive case, and says that all the fruits just listed are characteristic ‘of (or result from) men of corrupt men' this is their not unexpected lifestyle” (Reese p. 270).

1 Timothy 6:5 “ Deprived of the truth”: “With the suggestion of being retributively robbed of the truth, through the corrupt condition of the mind” (Vine “defraud” p. 287). The same thing is taught in 2 Thessalonians 2:10. those who do not love the truth will be deprived of the truth. The implication may be that they once possessed the truth (1 Timothy 1:19; Titus 1:14). Seeing that God's truth is to be preached to all (Mark 16:15), we must conclude that this depriving of the truth is. consequence of becoming arrogant. “The truth was once theirs; they have disinherited themselves” (Hiebert p. 111).

1 Timothy 6:5 “ Who suppose”: These same men think or deem.

1 Timothy 6:5 “ Godliness is. means of gain”: That godliness is somehow “a profitable commercial investment,. lucrative business, advancing one's worldly interests” (Hiebert p. 111). “Religious charlatans infested the Roman world, attached themselves to men of power and wealth, their great object being gain” (Lenski p. 702). “These men are supposing all along that the practice of their religious profession will be lucrative and will serve their worldly interests. Their thinking is that ‘religion is gain!'” (Reese p. 272). Compare with Titus 1:11. The false teachers looked at their religion as. way of making money. “They pretend to be religious, they make an outward show of godliness, just for the sake of becoming rich. Being devoid of the truth, the false teachers measure everything by financial considerations and practice their religion in hopes of prospering materially. Such persons are more concerned about finding out what's in it for them than they are in the temporal and eternal spiritual needs of their audiences” (Reese p. 272).