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Verse 1 Timothy 6:2. _AND THEY THAT HAVE BELIEVING MASTERS_] Who have
been lately converted as well as themselves.
_LET THEM NOT DESPISE_ THEM] Supposing themselves to be their equals,
because they...
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AND THEY THAT HAVE BELIEVING MASTERS - Masters who are Christians. It
is clear from this, that Paul supposed that, at that time, and under
those circumstances, a man might become a Christian who had s...
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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 ...
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1 Timothy 6:2 _B_ - 1 TIMOTHY 6:21. FINAL WORDS.
(_a_) 1 Timothy 6:2 _b_ - 1 Timothy 6:10. The Errorists, and a Fund
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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...
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HOW TO BE A SLAVE AND A CHRISTIAN (1 Timothy 6:1-2)...
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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...
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BELIEVING. App-130.
DO... SERVICE. App-130.
FAITHFUL. Some as "believing".
BELOVED. App-136.
PARTAKERS = those who are partaking. Greek. _antilambanomai._ See Acts
20:35.
BENEFIT = good work. Gre...
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_rather do_them _service_ Better, SERVE THEM THE RATHER, all the more
zealously.
_partakers of the benefit_ The article with the participle is clearly
subject; and the _masters_are certainly meant. Bu...
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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...
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2. The exceptional case of _Christian_ masters is next dealt with
ΟἹ ΔῈ ΠΙΣΤΟῪΣ Κ.Τ.Λ., _let those who have believers
as their masters not despise them, because they are brethren_. Equal
membership i...
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iv. 1, 2. DUTY OF SLAVES TO THEIR MASTERS, WHETHER HEATHEN OR
CHRISTIAN...
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BECAUSE THEY ARE FAITHFUL AND BELOVED, &C.— Dr. Heylin reads it,
_but serve them better, because they are Christians, and to be loved,
as partakers of the same advantages._ See the Syriac version....
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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...
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And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them,
because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they
are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things t...
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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...
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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...
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6:2 masters, (f-6) _ Despotes_ . see Acts 4:24 ; 'serve,' ver. 2, is _
douleuo_ . faithful (a-28) Or 'believing,' the same as in the
beginning of the verse....
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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...
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BECAUSE THEY ARE FAITHFUL AND BELOVED, PARTAKERS OF THE BENEFIT] RV
'because they that partake of the benefit of their service are
believing and beloved.'...
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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...
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AND THEY THAT HAVE BELIEVING MASTERS, LET THEM NOT DESPISE THEM,
BECAUSE THEY ARE BRETHREN. — This being in servitude to Christian
masters, of course, in the days of St. Paul would happen less
frequen...
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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...
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The duty of Christian slaves to heathen and Christian masters
respectively....
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A Christian slave would be more likely to presume on his newly
acquired theory of liberty, equality and fraternity in relation to a
Christian master than in relation to one that was a heathen. The
pos...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(3) And they that have believing masters, let them not despise [them],
because they are brethren; but rather do [them] service, because they
are faithful and beloved, (a) partakers of the benefit. (4)...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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2_Who have believing masters _The name of _brother _may be thought to
constitute equality, and consequently to take away dominion. Paul
argues, on the contrary, that slaves ought the more willingly to...
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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...
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AND THEY THAT HAVE BELIEVING MASTERS,.... That believe in one God, in
opposition to the Gentiles, that held many gods, and in Jesus Christ,
in distinction from the Jews; who believed in him with the h...
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And they that have believing masters, let them not despise _them_,
because they are brethren; but rather do _them_ service, because they
are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These thing...
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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...
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BELIEVING MASTERS; Christians.
NOT DESPISE THEM; not withhold from them the manifestation of a
respectful, obedient, Christian spirit, because they are brethren in
Christ.
RATHER DO THEM SERVICE; pr...
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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...
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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...
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And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them,
because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they
are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things te...
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FAITHFUL:
Or, believing...
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“THOSE WHO HAVE BELIEVERS AS THEIR MASTERS”: Verse. was dealing
with Christian slaves who had unbelieving masters, now we have
instruction to slaves who had Christian masters.
1 TIMOTHY 6:2 “MUST NOT...
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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...
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Some Christians were servants to Jews or pagans, who both came under
the gospel notion of believers; as to these the apostle had given
directions in 1 TIMOTHY 6:1. Others served masters and mistresses...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III "Let those who have
faithful masters not despise them, because they ate brethren; but
rather do them service, because they are faithful."[207]
Hippolytus...
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1 Timothy 6:2 And G1161 have G2192 (G5723) believing G4103 masters
G1203 them G2706 not G3361 despise G2706 ...
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1 Timothy 6:2. BECAUSE THEY ARE BRETHREN. The risk contemplated was,
lest the new sense of fraternity should pass into a revolutionary
claim to equality. Slaves were not to despise their masters becau...
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LET NOT DESPISE THEM
(μη καταφρονειτωσαν). Negative imperative active
third plural of καταφρονεω, to think down on. See 1 Timothy
4:12. He must not presume on the equality of Christian brotherhood n...
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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...
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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...
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WHO ARE BELIEVERS. Christianity does not destroy social and political
differences. Instead of leading slaves to rebel, it makes them better
and more faithful workers. Christianity changes the attitude...
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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...
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1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 6:2 Confronting the False Teaching
Again. This concluding section is very similar to the opening section
(1 Timothy 1:3). Both include discu
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_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...
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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...
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Ver. 2. But supposing the masters themselves had embraced the gospel,
and master and slave stood on the common footing of brethren in
Christ, were those under the yoke still to be held bound to esteem...
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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:...
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1 Peter 5:1; 1 Timothy 4:11; 1 Timothy 5:1; 2 Peter 2:10; 2 T
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Partakers of the benefit [ο ι τ η ς ε υ ε ρ γ ε σ ι α ς
α ν τ ι λ α μ β α ν ο μ ε ν ο ι]. The verb means to
take hold of; hence, to take hold for the purpose of helping; to take
up for, as Luke 1:54;...
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Let them not despise them — Pay them the less honour or obedience.
Because they are brethren — And in that respect on a level with
them. They that live in a religious community know the danger of this...