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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

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:7

We brought nothing into this world - There are some sayings in Seneca which are almost verbatim with this of St. Paul: Nemo nascitur dives; quisquis exit in lucem jussus est lacte et panno esse contentus ; Epist. xx, "No man is born rich; every one that comes into the world is commanded to be content with food and raiment." Excutit natura redeuntem, sicut intrantem; non licet plus auferre, quam intuleris ; Epist., cap. ii. "Nature, in returning, shakes off all incumbrances as in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:8

Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content - Αρκεσθησομεθα· Let us consider this a competency. And it is evident that the apostle considers this a competency, and by these words explains what he said 1 Timothy 6:6 . The word ακεπασματα , which we translate raiment, signifies covering in general; and here means house or lodging, as well as clothing. 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:7

Verse 7 7For we brought nothing into the world., He adds this for the purpose of setting a limit to the sufficiency. Our covetousness is an insatiable gulf, if it be not restrained; and the best bridle is, when we desire nothing more than the necessity of this life demands; for the reason why we transgress the bounds, is, that our anxiety extends to a thousand lives which we falsely imagine. Nothing is more common, and indeed nothing is more generally acknowledged, than this statement of Paul;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:8

Verse 8 8Having food and raiment When he mentions food and raiment, he excludes luxuries and overflowing abundance; for nature is content with a little (122) and all that goes beyond the natural use is superfluous. Not that to use them more largely ought to be condemned on its own account, but lusting after them is always sinful. 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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:8

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:8

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