1 Timothy 1:12-18 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Here the apostle, I. Returns thanks to Jesus Christ for putting him into the ministry. Observe, 1. It is Christ's work to put men into the ministry, Acts 26:16, 17. God condemned the false prophets among the Jews in these words, I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied, Jer. 23:21. Ministers, properly speaking, cannot make themselves ministers; for it is Christ's work, as king and head, prophet and teacher, of his church. 2. Those whom he... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

1:12-17 I give thanks to Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has filled me with his power, that he showed that he believed that he could trust me, by appointing me to his service, although I was formerly an insulter, a persecutor and a man of insolent and brutal violence. But I received mercy from him, because it was in ignorance that I acted thus, in the days when I did not believe. But the grace of our Lord rose higher than my sin, and I found it in the faith and love of those whose lives are lived... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

There are two further interesting things in this passage. Paul's Jewish background comes out. He says that Jesus Christ had mercy on him because he committed his sins against Christ and his Church in the days of his ignorance. We often think that the Jewish viewpoint was that sacrifice atoned for sin; a man sinned, his sin broke his relationship with God, then sacrifice was made and God's anger was appeased and the relationship restored. It may well have been that that was in fact the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

The thing which stands out in this passage is Paul's insistence upon remembering his own sin. He heaps up a very climax of words to show what he did to Christ and the Church. He was an insulter of the Church; he had flung hot and angry words at the Christians, accusing them of crimes against God. He was a persecutor; he had taken every means open to him under the Jewish law to annihilate the Christian Church. Then comes a terrible word; he had been a man of insolent and brutal violence. The... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18-20

1:18-20 I entrust this charge to you, Timothy lad, because it is the natural consequence of the messages which came to the prophets from God, and which marked you out as the very man for this work, so that, in obedience to these messages, you may wage a fine campaign, maintaining your faith and a good conscience all the time; and there are some who, in matters of the faith, have repelled the guidance of conscience, and have come to shipwreck. Amongst them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18-20

What then is entrusted to Timothy? He is despatched to fight a good campaign. The picture of life as a campaign is one which has always fascinated men's thoughts. Maximus of Tyre said: "God is the general; life is the campaign; man is the soldier." Seneca said: "For me to live, my dear Lucilius, is to be a soldier." When a man became a follower of the goddess Isis and was initiated into the Mysteries connected with the goddess' name, the summons to him was: "Enrol yourself in the sacred... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18-20

The passage closes with a stern rebuke to two members of the Church who have injured the Church, grieved Paul, and made shipwreck of their own lives. Hymenaeus is mentioned again in 2 Timothy 2:17 ; and Alexander may well be the Alexander who is referred to in 2 Timothy 4:14 . Paul has three complaints against them. (i) They had rejected the guidance of conscience. They had allowed their own desires to speak with more persuasiveness than the voice of God. (ii) They had relapsed into... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:12

And I thank Jesus Christ our Lord , &c.; l The subject matter of this thanksgiving being the apostle's call to the ministry of the word, and his furniture and fitness for it, shows, that while others were fond of being teachers, and called doctors of the law, he esteemed it an high honour and special favour bestowed upon him, that he was a preacher of the Gospel; and that all his gifts and abilities for it were not of himself, nor from men, but were owing to the free grace of God, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:13

Who was before a blasphemer ,.... Of the name of Christ, contrary to which he thought he ought to do many things; and he not only blasphemed that name himself, calling him an impostor and a deceiver, but he compelled others to blaspheme it also, Acts 26:9 . This, as well as what follows, is said, to illustrate the grace of God in his conversion, and call to the ministry: and a persecutor : for not content to speak evil of Christ, of his person, people, truths, and ordinances, he acted... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:14

And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant ,.... That is, the love of Jehovah the Father; so the Ethiopic version reads, "the grace of God"; of God the Father, since he is distinguished in the text from Jesus Christ. God is abundant in grace and goodness; he is rich and plenteous in mercy; there is an overflow of love in his heart to his chosen people, and in conversion it flows out, and abounds and superabounds; see Romans 5:20 . with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus ;... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18-20

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18-20

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:14

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