1 Timothy 6:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:1-5

I. Here is the duty of servants. The apostle had spoken before of church-relations, here of our family-relations. Servants are here said to be under the yoke, which denotes both subjection and labour; they are yoked to work, not to be idle. If Christianity finds servants under the yoke, it continues them under it; for the gospel does not cancel the obligations any lie under either by the law of nature or by mutual consent. They must respect their masters, count them worthy of all honour... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 6:3-5

6:3-5 If any man offers a different kind of teaching, and does not apply himself to sound words (it is the words of our Lord Jesus Christ I mean) and to godly teaching, he has become inflated with pride. He is a man of no understanding; rather he has a diseased addiction to subtle speculations and battles of words, which can be only a source of envy, strife, the exchange of insults, evil suspicions, continual altercations of men whose minds are corrupt and who are destitute of the truth, men... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 6:3-5

Here in this passage are set out the characteristics of the false teacher. (i) His first characteristic is conceit. His desire is not to display Christ, but to display himself There are still preachers and teachers who are more concerned to gain a following for themselves than for Jesus Christ, more concerned to press their own views than to bring to men the word of God. In a lecture on his old teacher A. B. Bruce, W. M. Macgregor said: "One of our own Highland ministers tells how he had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:3

If any man teach otherwise ,.... Or another doctrine, as the Syriac version renders it; a doctrine different from what the apostle had now taught, concerning the duty of servants to their masters; as did the false teachers, who despised dominion or government; not only civil government, and so spoke evil of rulers and magistrates; and church government, and therefore reviled the apostles, elders, and pastors of churches; but family government, and encouraged disobedience to parents and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:3

If any man teach otherwise - It appears that there were teachers of a different kind in the Church, a sort of religious levellers, who preached that the converted servant had as much right to the master's service as the master had to his. Teachers of this kind have been in vogue long since the days of Paul and Timothy. And consent not to wholesome words - Ὑγιαινουσι λογοις Healing doctrines - doctrines which give nourishment and health to the soul, which is the true character of all... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:3

Verse 3 3If anyone teacheth differently The word ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖ, being a compound, may also, not improperly, be translated, teacheth other things Yet there is no ambiguity as to the meaning; for he condemns all those who do not agree with this manner of teaching, although they do not openly and avowedly oppose sound doctrine. It is possible that he who does not profess any wicked or open error may yet, by endeavoring to insinuate himself by means of silly babbling, corrupt the doctrine of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:1-10

I. DUTIES OF CHRISTIAN SLAVES . 1. Toward unbelieving masters . "Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the Name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed." Paul had to legislate for a social condition which was, to a considerable extent, different from ours. In the early Christian Churches there were not a few whose social condition was that of slaves. They are pointed to here as being under the yoke as servants. To... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:3

Teacheth for teach , A.V.; a different doctrine for otherwise , A.V.; consenteth for consent , A.V.; sound for wholesome , A.V. Teacheth a different doctrine ( ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖ ); see above, 1 Timothy 1:3 , note. Consenteth ( προσέρχεται ); very common in the New Testament, in the literal sense of "coming to" or "approaching," but only here in the metaphorical sense of "assenting to." The steps seem to he , first , approaching a subject with the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:3

"Wholesome words." There is no word more representative of the spirit of the gospel than this word "wholesome." It shows us that the gospel means health. I. THEY ARE WHOLESOME BECAUSE THEY ARE HEALING WORDS . They heal breaches in families; they heal the division between God and the soul; they heal the heart itself. And in the vade-mecum of the Bible we find a cure for all the diseases of the inner man. II. THEY ARE WHOLESOME WORDS AS CONTRASTED WITH ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:3-5

Heterodoxy . It is a great mistake to limit the notion of heterodoxy to the holding of wrong opinions in dogmatic theology. Heterodoxy is teaching anything otherwise than as the Word of God teaches it. Here they are declared to be heterodox who depart from the wholesome teaching of Christ concerning the duties of slaves to their masters, and use language in speaking to slaves which is provocative of strife and envy, of railings and suspicions. Such men, instead of being guided by a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:1-5

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 6:3-5

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 6:3-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:3-5

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