William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 6:20-21
6:20-21 O Timothy, guard the trust that has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreligious empty talking; and the paradoxes of that knowledge which has no right to be called knowledge, which some have professed, and by so doing have missed the target of the faith. Grace be with you. It may well be that the name Timothy is here used in the fullness of its meaning. It comes from two words, timan ( Greek #5091 ), to honour, and theos ( Greek #2316 ), God and literally means he who... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:13-21
The apostle here charges Timothy to keep this commandment (that is, the whole work of his ministry, all the trust reposed in him, all the service expected from him) without spot, unrebukable; he must conduct himself so in his ministry that he might not lay himself open to any blame nor incur any blemish. What are the motives to move him to this? I. He gives him a solemn charge: I give thee charge in the sight of God that thou do this. He charges him as he will answer it at the great day to... read more