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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:13

Verse 13 13Attend to reading He knew Timothy’s diligence, and yet he recommends to him diligent reading of the Scriptures. How shall pastors teach others if they be not eager to learn? And if so great a man is advised to study to make progress from day to day, how much more do we need such an advice? Woe then to the slothfulness of those who do not peruse the oracles of the Holy Spirit by day and night, (79) in order to learn from them how to discharge their office! Till I come This reference... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:14

Verse 14 14Neglect not the gift that is in thee The Apostle exhorts Timothy to employ, for the edification of the Church, that grace with which he was endued. God does not wish that talents — which he has bestowed on any one, that they may bring gain — should either be lost, or be hidden in the earth without advantage. (Matthew 25:18.) To neglect a gift is carelessly to keep it unemployed through slothfulness, so that, having contracted rust it is worn away without yielding any profit. Let each... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:15

Verse 15 15Take heed to these things (81) The greater the difficulty in faithfully discharging the ministry of the Church, so much the more ought a pastor to apply himself earnestly, and with his whole might; and that not only for a short time, but with unfailing perseverance. (82) Paul therefore reminds Timothy that this work leaves no room for indolence, or for slackening his labors, but demands the utmost industry and constant application. That thy profiting may be manifest By adding these... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:1-16

The history of the Christian Church is the history of the sowing of tares as well as of the sowing of good grain; and it describes the work of seducing spirits as well as that of the Spirit of God. The work of heresy is not merely the denial of true doctrine, but it is the invention and propagation of a multitude of false doctrines. Nor, again, are the false doctrines so invented and promulgated, on the face of them, necessarily ungodly doctrines. On the contrary, they often assume to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:13

Heed for attendance , A.V.; teaching for doctrine , A.V. Till I come ( 1 Timothy 3:14 ; 1 Timothy 1:3 ). Reading ( τῇ ἀναγνώσει ). The public reading of the Scriptures (the Lessons, as we should say). This we know was the practice in the synagogue ( Luke 4:16 , etc.; Acts 13:27 ; Acts 15:21 ; 2 Corinthians 3:15 ). We see the beginning of reading the New Testament in the Christian assemblies in Ephesians 3:4 ; and Colossians 4:16 ; and generally in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:14

The gift ( χάρισμα ). The verb χαρίζομαι means " to give anything freely," gratuitously, of mere good will, without any payment or return ( Luke 7:42 ; Acts 27:24 ; Romans 8:32 ; 1 Corinthians 2:12 , etc.). Hence χάρισμα came to be especially applied to the gifts of the Holy Spirit, which are preeminently "free gifts" (see Acts 8:20 ). It is so applied in Romans 1:11 ; Romans 12:6 ; 1 Corinthians 1:7 ; 1 Corinthians 12:4 , 1 Corinthians 12:9 , 1 Corinthians... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:15

Be diligent in for meditate upon , A.V.; progress for profiting , A.V. ; be manifest unto for appear to , A.V. Be diligent , etc. ( αῦτα μελέτα ). Give all your attention and care and study to these things. It is just the contrary to μὴ ἀμέλει in 1 Timothy 4:14 . The verb μελετάω , besides this passage, occurs in its classical sense of "premeditating" or "getting up a speech," in Mark 13:11 (where, however, the reading is doubtful), and again in Acts 4:25 ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 4:13

Till I come; - notes, 1 Timothy 3:14-15.Give attendance to reading - The word here used may refer either to public or to private reading; see Act 13:15; 2 Corinthians 3:14; compare Esdr. 9:48. The more obvious interpretation here is to refer it to private reading, or to a careful perusal of those books which would qualify him for his public work. The then written portions of the sacred volume - the Old Testament - are doubtless specially intended here, but there is no reason to doubt that there... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 4:14

Neglect not the gift that is in thee - An important question arises here, to what the word “gift” refers; whether to natural endowment; to office; or to some supposed virtue which had been conferred by ordination - some transmitted influence which made him holy as a minister of religion, and which was to continue to be transmitted by the imposition of apostolic hands. The word which is here used, is rendered “gift” in every place in which it occurs in the New Testament. It is found in the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 4:15

Meditate upon these things - Upon the train of events by which you have been led into the ministry, and upon the responsibilites and duties of the office. Let your mind be deeply impressed with these things; make them the subject of profound and serious thought.Give thyself wholly to them - Greek “Be in them” - a phrase similar to that of Horace - “totus in illis.” The meaning is plain. He was to devote his life wholly to this work. He was to have no other grand aim of living. His time,... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:15

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:13

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 4:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 4:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 4:15

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