1 Timothy 1:7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:5-11

Here the apostle instructs Timothy how to guard against the judaizing teachers, or others who mingled fables and endless genealogies with the gospel. He shows the use of the law, and the glory of the gospel. I. He shows the end and uses of the law: it is intended to promote love, for love is the fulfilling of the law, Rom. 13:10. 1. The end of the commandment is charity, or love, Rom. 13:8. The main scope and drift of the divine law are to engage us to the love of God and one another; and... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3-7

1:3-7 I am writing to you now to reinforce the plea that I already made to you, when I urged you to stay in Ephesus while I went to Macedonia, that you might pass on the order to some of the people there, not to teach erroneous novelties, nor to give their attention to idle tales and endless genealogies, which only succeed in producing empty speculations rather than the effective administration of God's people, which should be based on faith. The instruction which I gave you is designed to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3-7

But this danger came with an even greater threat from the Greek side. At this time in history there was developing a Greek line of thought which came to be known as Gnosticism. We find it specially in the background of the Pastoral Epistles, the Letter to the Colossians and the Fourth Gospel. Gnosticism was entirely speculative. It began with the problem of the origin of sin and of suffering. If God is altogether good, he could not have created them. How then did they get into the world? The... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3-7

The danger of Gnosticism was not only intellectual. It had serious moral and ethical consequences. We must remember that its basic belief was that matter was essentially evil and spirit alone was good. That issued in two opposite results. (i) If matter is evil, the body is evil; and the body must be despised and held down. Therefore Gnosticism could and did issue in a rigid asceticism. It forbade men to marry, for the instincts of the body were to be suppressed. It laid down strict food... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3-7

In this passage there is a clear picture of the mind of the dangerous heretic. There is a kind of heresy in which a man differs from orthodox belief because he has honestly thought things out and cannot agree with it. He does not take any pride in being different; he is different simply because he has to be. Such a heresy does not spoil a man's character; it may in fact enhance his character, because he has really thought out his faith and is not living on a second-hand orthodoxy. But that is... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3-7

As this passage draws the picture of the thinker who disturbs the Church, it also draws the picture of the really Christian thinker. He, too, has five characteristics. (i) His thinking is based on faith. Faith means taking God at his word; it means believing that he is as Jesus proclaimed him to be. That is to say, the Christian thinker begins from the principle that Jesus Christ has given the full revelation of God. (ii) His thinking is motivated by love. Paul's whole purpose is to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:7

Desiring to be teachers of the law ,.... They were very fond of being called Rabbi, Rabbi, and styled doctors of the law, and of being thought to have skill in interpreting the law, and good talents in expounding it, and preaching upon it; which was now most in vogue, and gained the greatest applause, when the preaching of the Gospel was treated with contempt, not only by the unbelieving Jews, but by judaizing Christians, and carnal professors, Understanding neither what they say, nor... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:7

Teachers of the law - To be esteemed or celebrated as rabbins; to be reputed cunning in solving knotty questions and enigmas, which answered no end to true religion. Of such the rabbinical teaching was full. Understanding neither what they say - This is evident from almost all the Jewish comments which yet remain. Things are asserted which are either false or dubious; words, the import of which they did not understand, were brought to illustrate them: so that it may be said, They... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:7

Verse 7 7Wishing to be teachers of the law He does not reprove those who openly attack the instruction of the law, but those who boast of belonging to the rank of teachers of it. He affirms that such persons have no understanding, because they harass their faculties to no purpose by curious questions. And, at the same time, he rebukes their pride by adding, — Of what things they affirm, for none will be found more bold in pronouncing rashly on matters unknown to them than the teachers of such... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:5-11

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3-7

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3-7

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3-7

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3-7

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:3-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:1-20

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