Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 1:3-20
II. TIMOTHY’S MISSION IN EPHESUS 1:3-20In chapter 1 Paul charged Timothy to remain faithful to the task with which Paul had entrusted him in Ephesus. He began by reminding Timothy what that task was and how he should carry out his chief duty. Then he exhorted Timothy to be faithful. He reminded his young protégé of God’s power to transform lives and warned him of the danger of acting contrary to his own spiritually sensitive conscience."The absence of . . . [a thanksgiving] here supports the... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 1:17
17. A suitable conclusion to the beautifully simple enunciation of the Gospel, of which his own history is a living sample or pattern. It is from the experimental sense of grace that the doxology flows [BENGEL]. the King, eternal—literally, "King of the (eternal) ages." The Septuagint translates Exodus 15:18, "The Lord shall reign for ages and beyond them." Exodus 15:18- :, Margin, "Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom," literally, "a kingdom of all ages." The "life everlasting" (Exodus 15:18-... read more