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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:4

He is proud - Τετυφωται· He is blown up, or inflated with a vain opinion of his own knowledge; whereas his knowledge is foolishness, for he knows nothing. Doting about questions - He is sick, distempered, about these questions relative to the Mosaic law and the traditions of the elders; for it is most evident that the apostle has the Judaizing teachers in view, who were ever, in questions of theology, straining out a gnat, and swallowing a camel. Strifes of words - Λογομαχιας· ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 because their minds are corrupt. Both under the law and under the Gospel the true religion was: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, mind, and strength; and thy neighbor as thyself. Where, therefore, the love of God and man does not prevail, there there is no religion. Such corrupt disputers are as... read more

Adam Clarke

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

But godliness with contentment is great gain - The word godliness, ευσεβεια , here, and in several other places of this epistle, signifies the true religion, Christianity; and the word contentment, αυταρκεια , signifies a competency, a sufficiency; that measure or portion of secular things which is necessary for the support of life, while the great work of regeneration is carrying on in the soul. Not what this or the other person may deem a competency, but what is necessary for the mere... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:3

Verse 3 3If anyone teacheth differently The word ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖ, being a compound, may also, not improperly, be translated, teacheth other things Yet there is no ambiguity as to the meaning; for he condemns all those who do not agree with this manner of teaching, although they do not openly and avowedly oppose sound doctrine. It is possible that he who does not profess any wicked or open error may yet, by endeavoring to insinuate himself by means of silly babbling, corrupt the doctrine of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:4

Verse 4 4He is puffed up, knowing nothing Such persons Paul first charges with pride, foolish and empty pride. Next, because no punishment can be imagined that is better adapted to chastise ambitious persons than to declare that all that they delight in proves their ignorance, Paul pronounces that they know nothing, though they are swelled with many subtleties; for they have nothing that is solid, but mere wind. At the same time, he instructs all believers not to be carried away by that windy... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:5

Verse 5 5Of 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, and an art of ingenious discussion. If the Apostle only shewed that the doctrine of salvation is thus rendered useless, even that would be an intolerable profanation; but far heavier and fiercer is that reproof, when he says that evils so pernicious, and plagues so hurtful, spring from it.... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 6 6But godliness with sufficiency is great gain In an elegant manner, and with an ironical correction, he instantly throws back those very words in an opposite meaning, as if he had said — “They do wrong and wickedly, who make merchandise of the doctrine of Christ, as if ‘godliness were gain;’ though, undoubtedly, if we form a correct estimate of it, godliness is a great and abundant gain.” And he so calls it, because it brings to us full and perfect blessedness. Those men, therefore, are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:1-10

I. DUTIES OF CHRISTIAN SLAVES . 1. Toward unbelieving masters . "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." Paul had to legislate for a social condition which was, to a considerable extent, different from ours. In the early Christian Churches there were not a few whose social condition was that of slaves. They are pointed to here as being under the yoke as servants. To... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:3

Teacheth for teach , A.V.; a different doctrine for otherwise , A.V.; consenteth for consent , A.V.; sound for wholesome , A.V. Teacheth a different doctrine ( ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖ ); see above, 1 Timothy 1:3 , note. Consenteth ( προσέρχεται ); very common in the New Testament, in the literal sense of "coming to" or "approaching," but only here in the metaphorical sense of "assenting to." The steps seem to he , first , approaching a subject with the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:3

"Wholesome words." There is no word more representative of the spirit of the gospel than this word "wholesome." It shows us that the gospel means health. I. THEY ARE WHOLESOME BECAUSE THEY ARE HEALING WORDS . They heal breaches in families; they heal the division between God and the soul; they heal the heart itself. And in the vade-mecum of the Bible we find a cure for all the diseases of the inner man. II. THEY ARE WHOLESOME WORDS AS CONTRASTED WITH ... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:5

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:5

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

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:3

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