テモテへの手紙Ⅰ 1:3-6 JCB

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:6

From which some having swerved ,.... The apostle, in this verse and the next, describes the persons he suspected of teaching other doctrines, and of introducing fables and endless genealogies; they were such who departed from the above things; they erred from the commandment, or law, notwithstanding their great pretensions to a regard unto it; at least they missed the mark, the end and design of it; they went astray from that, and instead of promoting charity or love, created feuds,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3

I besought thee - The apostle had seen that a bad seed had been sown in the Church; and, as he was obliged to go then into Macedonia, he wished Timothy, on whose prudence, piety, and soundness in the faith he could depend, to stay behind and prevent the spreading of a doctrine that would have been pernicious to the people's souls. I have already supposed that this epistle was written after Paul had been delivered from his first imprisonment at Rome, about the end of the year 64, or the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:4

Neither give heed to fables - Idle fancies; things of no moment; doctrines and opinions unauthenticated; silly legends, of which no people ever possessed a greater stock than the Jews. Their Talmud abounds with them; and the English reader may find them in abundance in Stehlin's Jewish Traditions, 2 vols. 8vo. Endless genealogies - I suppose the apostle to mean those genealogies which were uncertain - that never could be made out, either in the ascending or descending line; and,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:5

Now the end of the commandment is charity - These genealogical questions lead to strife and debate; and the dispensation of God leads to love both to God and man, through faith in Christ. These genealogical questions leave the heart under the influence of all its vile tempers and evil propensities; Faith in Jesus purifies the heart. No inquiry of this kind can add to any thing by which the guilt of sin can be taken away; but the Gospel proclaims pardon, through the blood of the Lamb, to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:6

From which some having swerved - From which some, though they have pretended to aim at the τελος , scope, or mark, have missed that mark. This is the import of the original word αστοχησαντες . Turned aside unto vain jangling - The original term, ματαιολογιαν , signifies empty or vain talking; discourses that turn to no profit; a great many words and little sense; and that sense not worth the pains of hearing. Such, indeed, is all preaching where Jesus Christ is not held forth. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3

Verse 3 3.As I besought thee Either the syntax is elliptical, or the particle ἵνα is redundant; and in both cases the meaning will be obvious. (3) First, he reminds Timothy why he was besought to remain at Ephesus. It was with great reluctance, and through hard necessity, that he parted with a companion so dearly beloved and so faithful, in order that he might laboriously hold the part of his deputy, which no other man would have been competent to fill; and, therefore, Timothy must have been... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:4

Verse 4 4And not to give heed to fables He applies the term “fables,” in my opinion, not only to contrived falsehoods, but to trifles or fooleries which have no solidity; for it is possible that something which is not false may yet be fabulous. In this sense, Suetonius speaks of fabulous history, (5) and Livy employs the word fabulari , “to relate fables,” as denoting useless and foolish talk. And, undoubtedly, the word μῦθος, (which Paul here employs,) is equivalent to the Greek word φλυαρία,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:5

Verse 5 Those unprincipled men with whom Timothy had to deal, boasted of having the law on their side, in consequence of which Paul anticipates, and shews that the law gives them no support but was even opposed to them, and that it agreed perfectly with the gospel which he had taught. The defense set up by them was not unlike that which is pleaded by those who, in the present day, subject the word of God to torture. They tell us that we aim at nothing else than to destroy sacred theology, as if... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:6

Verse 6 6From which some having gone astray He continues to pursue the metaphor of an object or end; for the verb ἀστοχεῖν, the participle of which is here given, signifies to err or go aside from a mark. (12) Have turned aside to idle talking This is a remarkable passage, in which he condemns for “idle talking” (13) all the doctrines which do not aim at this single end, and at the same time points out that the views and thoughts of all who aim at any other object vanish away. It is, indeed,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:1-20

St. Paul was about to commit extensive powers in the Church to Timothy. It was therefore necessary that lie should define clearly the source of his own authority. This he does very distinctly. He was an apostle according to the commandment of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hence his power to delegate authority to his son Timothy, and hence the duty of the Church to submit to Timothy's ruling. Among the powers committed to Timothy was that of ordaining bishops and deacons by the laying on of... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:1-20

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