Supposing that gain is godliness] RV 'supposing that godliness is a way of gain.'
8. Raiment] RV 'covering.' Houses may be included as well as clothes. 9, 10. Similarly Seneca, 'Ep.' 87, 'While we wish to gain riches we fall into many evils.'
1 TIMOTHY 6:5 euvse,beian {A} After euvse,beian the Textus Receptus adds avfi,staso avpo. tw/n toiou,twn, with Dc K L P Y 061 most minuscules ifar, b, mon, o syrp, h gothms arm ethpp Irena...
Verse 1 Timothy 6:5. _PERVERSE DISPUTINGS OF MEN OF CORRUPT MINDS_] Disputations that cannot be settled, because their partisans will not listen to the truth; and they will not listen to the truth be...
PERVERSE DISPUTINGS - Margin, “gallings one of another.” In regard to the correct reading of this passage, see Bib. Repository, vol. iii. pp. 61, 62. The word which is here used in the Received Text -...
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 6:2 _B_ - 1 TIMOTHY 6:21. FINAL WORDS. (_a_) 1 Timothy 6:2 _b_ - 1 Timothy 6:10. The Errorists, and a Fund
HOW TO BE A SLAVE AND A CHRISTIAN (1 Timothy 6:1-2)...
If any man offers a different kind of teaching, and does not apply himself to sound words (it is the words of our Lord Jesus Christ I mean) and to godly teaching, he has become inflated with pride. He...
PERVERSE DISPUTINGS. Greek. _paradiatribe_. Only here. The texts read _diaparatribe_. MEN. App-123. OF CORRUPT MINDS. corrupted (Greek. _diophtheiro_. See 2 Corinthians 4:16) as to their mind, DESTI...
_perverse disputings_ The best attested reading of the Greek word transposes the order of the preposition, and should give us for its meaning -continual collisions." This seems the reason for the rend...
A further warning against false Teachers. Their covetousness From the 3rd verse to the 16th St Paul once again resumes two of the chief topics of the Epistle false teachers" perverted doctrine, and T...
3–5. RENEWED WARNINGS AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS...
ΠΑΡΑΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΑῚ of the received text is only found in some cursives; ΔΙΑΠΑΡΑΤΡΙΒΑῚ is read by אAD2GLP &c. Compounds of δια-παρα are rare, which may account for the variant as a correction of the primiti...
ΔΙΑΠΑΡΑΤΡΙΒΉ (G3859) взаимная раздражительность, длительные ссоры, настойчивые споры (RW; EGT; Kelly; MH, 303). ΔΙΕΦΘΑΡΜΈΝΩΝ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΔΙΑΦΘΕΊΡΩ (G1311) портить. _Perf._ подчеркивает зав...
SUPPOSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS:— _That godliness is gain._ Peirce. _Who consider piety as a means to enrich themselves._ Heylin. Compare Philippians 3:1...
_TEXT 6:3-10_ 3 If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 he is puffe...
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. PERVERSE DISPUTINGS, [paradiatribai] - useless disputings. A D...
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...
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...
6:5 piety. (b-20) 'Withdraw from such,' as A.V., omitted as having but little MS. authority....
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...
PERVERSE DISPUTINGS. — The older authorities read here a word which should be rendered “lasting or obstinate conflicts.” These words close the long catalogue of the fruits of the teaching of the false...
CHAPTER 17 THE GAIN OF A LOVE OF GODLINESS, AND THE UNGODLINESS OF A LOVE OF GAIN. - 1 Timothy 6:5; 1 Timothy 6:17 IT is evident that the subject of avarice is much in the Apostle's mind during the w...
Thoughts about the right use of wealth are suggested by the slave problem, a mischievous attitude towards which is associated with false doctrine. If a man possesses himself, he has enough. This posse...
διαπαρατριβαί : The force of the διά is expressed in the R.V., _wranglings_, which denotes _protracted_ quarrellings, _perconfricationes_ ([294]), _conflictationes_ ([295], Vulg.). Field (_in loc_.) c...
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...
THE IDENTITY AND TEACHING OF FALSE TEACHERS False teachers can be identified through their teaching, which is different from the true words of Jesus. Any modification of Christ's teaching makes it dif...
Perverse (c) disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. (c) Such as we see in those shameless schools of popery, whi...
_Supposing gain to be piety. [3] The sense is the same, that they make a shew of piety only for gain-sake. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Existimantes quæstum esse pietatem, _Greek: porismon einai ten euse...
(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...
5_Of men corrupt in understanding, and that are destitute of the truth _It is certain that here he censures the sophists, who, neglecting edification, turn the word of God into trivial distinctions, a...
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...
PERVERSE DISPUTINGS OF MEN OF CORRUPT MINDS,.... Who being corrupt in their principles, and corrupters of the word of God, dispute in a very froward and perverse way, rubbing and galling one another,...
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. Ver. 5. _Perverse disputings_] ταραδιατριβαι, endless and needle...
_If any man teach otherwise_ Than strict, practical holiness, in all its branches; _and consent not to wholesome words_ Υγιαινουσι λογοις, literally, _healing_, or _healthful words_, words that have n...
SUPPOSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS; rather, that godliness is gain: in other words, that the profession of godliness is a business of worldly gain. Compare the case of Simon the sorcerer, Acts 8:18-24;...
A DESCRIPTION CHARACTERIZING THE ERRORISTS....
PERVERSE DISPUTINGS OF MEN OF CORRUPT MINDS AND DESTITUTE OF THE TRUTH, SUPPOSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS. FROM SUCH WITHDRAW THYSELF. The apostle has finished his table of duties concerning the work o...
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...
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. 1. Disputings - Can Christians disagree? Is it wrong to have dis...
PERVERSE DISPUTING: Or, gallings one of another...
“ 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...
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...
OLBGrk; PERVERSE DISPUTINGS OF MEN OF CORRUPT MINDS, AND DESTITUTE OF THE TRUTH; paradiatribai, mutual tearings, and gallings of or interferings with one another. The word is applied to horses knockin...
Epistle by Malchion Against Paul of Samosata Neither need I say any thing about his pride and the haughtiness with which he assumed worldly dignities, and his wishing to be styled procurator[5] The...
1 Timothy 6:5 wranglings G3859 men G444 corrupt G1311 (G5772) minds G3563 and G2532 destitute G650 (G5772) truth...
WRANGLINGS (διαπαρατριβα). Late and rare (Clem. of Alex.) double compound (δια, mutual or thorough, παρατριβα, irritations or rubbings alongside). "Mutual irritations" (Field).CORRUPTED IN MIND ...
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...
AND CONSTANT ARGUMENTS, A diatribe. Bitter and constant wrangling which turns people down "blind alleys," and makes it impossible to "get on with the job." WHO NO LONGER HAVE THE TRUTH. The Greek impl...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 6:5 DEPRAVED IN MIND. The false teachers have faulty reasoning (v. 1 Timothy 6:4;...
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
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 6:3. TEACH OTHERWISE.—R.V. “teacheth a different doctrine.” WHOLESOME WORDS.—R.V. “sound [margin, Gr. healthful] words.” 1 Timothy 6:4. DOTING ABOUT QUESTI...
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...
Vers. 4, 5. Here follows the result, in a didactic point of view, of the person who so turns aside from the right course of instruction: _he is carried with conceit_ (or besotted with pride; see at 1...
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 11:16; 1 Timothy 1:6; 1 Timothy 3:3; 1 Timothy 3:8;...
Perverse disputings [δ ι α π α ρ α τ ρ ι β α ι]. N. T. o. o LXX, o Class. Paratribh, is a rubbing against. Dia signifies constinuance. The meaning therefore is continued friction. Hence wearing discus...
Supposing that gain is godliness — Thinking the best religion is the getting of money: a far more common case than is usually supposed....