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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12

I thank Christ - I feel myself under infinite obligation to Christ who hath strengthened me, ενδυναμωσαντι , who hath endued me with various miraculous gifts of his Holy Spirit, and put me into the ministry, διακονιαν , the deaconship, the service of mankind, by preaching the Gospel, for that he counted me - he knew that I would be, faithful to the charge that was delivered to me. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:13

A blasphemer - Speaking impiously and unjustly of Jesus, his doctrine, his ways, and his followers. And - persecutor - Endeavouring, to the uttermost of his power, to exterminate all who called on the name of the Lord Jesus. And injurious - Και ὑβριστην· As full of insolence as I was of malevolence; and yet, all the while, thinking I did God service, while sacrificing men and women to my own prejudices and intolerance. I did it ignorantly in unbelief - Not having considered... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:14

The grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant - The original is very emphatic, that grace of our Lord, ὑπερεπλεονασε , hath superabounded - it manifested itself in a way of extraordinary mercy. With faith and love - Not only pardoning such offenses, but leading me to the full experimental knowledge of Christianity; of that faith and love which are essential to it; and giving me authority to proclaim it to mankind. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:15

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners - This is one of the most glorious truths in the book of God; the most important that ever reached the human ear, or can be entertained by the heart of man. All men are sinners; and as such condemned, justly condemned, to eternal death. Christ Jesus became incarnate, suffered, and died to redeem them; and, by his grace and Spirit, saves them from their sins. This saying or doctrine he calls, first, a faithful or true saying; πιστος ὁ λογος ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:17

Now unto the King eternal - This burst of thanksgiving and gratitude to God, naturally arose from the subject then under his pen and eye. God has most wondrously manifested his mercy, in this beginning of the Gospel, by saving me, and making me a pattern to all them that shall hereafter believe on Christ. He is βασιλευς των αιωνων , the king of eternities; the eternity a parte ante , and the eternity a parte post ; the eternity that was before time was, and the eternity that shall be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12

Verse 12 12I give thanks Great is the dignity — of the apostleship, which Paul has claimed for himself; and he could not, looking at his former life, be accounted at all worthy of so high an honor. Accordingly, that he may not be accused of presumption, he comes unavoidably to make mention of his own person, and at once frankly acknowledges his own unworthiness, but nevertheless affirms that he is an Apostle by the grace of God. But he goes further, and turns to his own advantage what appeared... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:13

Verse 13 13. Who was formerly a blasphemer and persecutor; a blasphemer against God, a persecutor and oppressor against the Church. We see how candidly he acknowledges that it might be brought against him as a reproach, and how far he is from extenuating his sins, and how, by willingly acknowledging his unworthiness, he magnifies the greatness of the grace of God. Not satisfied with having called himself a “persecutor,” he intended to express more fully his rage and cruelty by an additional... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:14

Verse 14 14And the grace of our Lord He again magnifies the grace of God towards himself, not only for the purpose of removing the dislike of it and testifying his gratitude, but also to employ it as a shield against the slanders of wicked men, whose whole design was to bring down his apostleship to a lower level. When he says that it abounded, and that, too, beyond measure, the statement implies that the remembrance of past transactions was effaced, and so completely swallowed up, that it was... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:15

Verse 15 15It is a faithful saying After having defended his ministry from slander and unjust accusations, not satisfied with this, he turns to his own advantage what might have been brought against him by his adversaries as a reproach. He shews that it was profitable to the Church that he had been such a person as he actually was before he was called to the apostleship, because Christ, by giving him as a pledge, invited all sinners to the sure hope of obtaining pardon. For when he, who had... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:16

Verse 16 16That in me the first Jesus Christ might shew When he calls himself the first, he alludes to what he had said a little before, that he was the first (26) among sinners and, therefore, this word means “chiefly,” or, “above all.” The Apostle’s meaning is, that, from the very beginning, God held out such a pattern as might be visible from a conspicuous and lofty platform, that no one might doubt that he would obtain pardon, provided that he approached to Christ by faith. And, indeed, the... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:16

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