1 Timothy 1:18 NIV

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 1:18

This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy ,.... After a digression the apostle had made concerning himself, his conversion, and call to the ministry, he returns to his former subject, and original design, and renews the charge he gave to Timothy; and which was not only an order to charge others to teach no other doctrine than that of the Gospel; but includes the charge of preaching it himself, and intends the glorious Gospel of the blessed God committed to his trust, and the whole form of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18

This charge - See the note on 1 Timothy 1:5 . It was a charge that the Judaizing teachers should not teach differently from that doctrine which the apostle had delivered to him. See 1 Timothy 1:3 . According to the prophecies - This may refer to some predictions by inspired men, relative to what Timothy should be: and he wishes him to act in all things conformably to those predictions. It was predicted that he should have this high and noble calling; but his behavior in that calling... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18

Verse 18 18I recommend to thee this commandment All that he had introduced about his own person may be viewed as a digression from his subject. Having to arm Timothy with authority, it became necessary for himself to be clothed with the highest authority; and, therefore, he took an early opportunity of refuting an opinion which might have stood in his way. And now, after having proved that his apostleship ought not to be less esteemed by good men, because at one time he fought against the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:1-20

St. Paul was about to commit extensive powers in the Church to Timothy. It was therefore necessary that lie should define clearly the source of his own authority. This he does very distinctly. He was an apostle according to the commandment of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hence his power to delegate authority to his son Timothy, and hence the duty of the Church to submit to Timothy's ruling. Among the powers committed to Timothy was that of ordaining bishops and deacons by the laying on of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:18

My child for son , A.V.; by them thou mayest for thou by them mightest , A.V. ; the good for a good , A.V. This charge. The apostle now picks up the thread which he had dropped at 1 Timothy 1:4 , and solemnly commits to Timothy the episcopal care of the Ephesian Church, for which he had bid him stop at Ephesus. Omitting the long digression in 1 Timothy 1:5-17 , the sense runs clearly thus: "As I besought thee to tarry at Ephesus in order that thou mightest charge some... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18

This charge - This command or injunction. It does not refer to any “charge,” or “cure,” which he had as bishop or minister, as the word is sometimes used now, but to the commands or injunctions which he was delivering to him. The command particularly referred to is that in 1 Timothy 1:8.According to the prophecies which went before on thee - The general meaning of this is plain. It is, that Paul was committing to him an important trust, and one that required great wisdom and fidelity; and that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 1:18-20

1 Timothy 1:18-20. This charge To the Judaizers not to teach differently, or this office of the ministry; I commit unto thee That thou mayest deliver it to the church; according to Or, being encouraged by; the prophecies which went before on thee He refers to some special revelations concerning Timothy, that he should be taken into the ministry, and be eminently useful therein; probably these were uttered when he was first received as an evangelist, (see 1 Timothy 4:14,) and that by... read more

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 1:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 1:18-20

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