1 Timothy 6:4-5

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:4

Puffed up for proud , A.V.; questionings for questions , A.V.; disputes for strifes , A.V. He is puffed up ( τετύφωται ); see 1 Timothy 3:6 , note. Doting ( νοσῶν ); here only in the New Testament, but found occasionally in the LXX . Applied in classical Greek to the mind and body, "to be in an unsound state." Here it means "having a morbid love of" or "going mad about." In this morbid love of questionings and disputes of words, they lose sight of all wholesome... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:5

Wranglings for perverse disputings, A.V. and T.R.; corrupted in mind for of corrupt minds, A.V.; bereft for destitute, A.V.; godliness is a way of gain for gain is godliness, A.V. Wranglings ( διαπαρατριβαί , R.T.; παραδιατριβαί , T.R.). The R.T. has far the largest weight of authority in its favor (Ellicott). The substantive παρατριβή in Polybius means "provocation," "collision," "friction," and the like. Hence διαπαρατριβή (which is only found here) means "continued... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 6:4

He is proud - That is, he is lifted up with his fancied superior acquaintance with the nature of religion. The Greek verb means, properly, “to smoke, to fume;” and then to be inflated, to “be conceited, etc.” The idea is, that he has no proper knowledge of the nature of the gospel, and yet he values himself on a fancied superior acquaintance with its principles.Knowing nothing - Margin, “a fool.” That is, that he does not understand the nature of religion as he supposes he does. His views in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 6:5

Perverse disputings - Margin, “gallings one of another.” In regard to the correct reading of this passage, see Bib. Repository, vol. iii. pp. 61, 62. The word which is here used in the Received Text - παραδιατρίβη paradiatribē - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It properly means “mis-employment;” then “idle occupation.” (Robinson’s Lexicon) The verb from which this is derived means to “rub in pieces, to wear away;” and hence the word here used refers to what was a mere “wearing away”... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 6:3-5

1 Timothy 6:3-5. If any man teach otherwise Than strict, practical holiness, in all its branches; and consent not to wholesome words Υγιαινουσι λογοις , literally, healing, or healthful words, words that have no taint of falsehood, or tendency to encourage sin; and the doctrine which is according to godliness The sole design and direct tendency of which is to make people godly, and to promote the glory of God, while it secures the salvation of men; he is proud Greek, τετυφωται , ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:3-16

Trouble-makers and God’s servant (6:3-16)The teaching of the false teachers differs from that of Christ, and their conduct likewise differs. Their kind of teaching arises out of pride and creates argument, which in turn leads to suspicious thoughts and insulting talk about others. Paul knows that their real reason for setting themselves up as Christian teachers is to become rich (3-5).Christianity does make a person rich, but not in the way the false teachers think. Christians are rich when... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Timothy 6:4

proud = puffed up. See 1 Timothy 3:6 . knowing . App-132 . nothing . Greek. medeis . doting = sick, or diseased. Greek. noseo . Only here. Compare Matthew 4:24 . about . App-104 . questions . See 1 Timothy 1:4 . strifes , &c. Greek. logonaaettia . Only here. The verb in 2 Timothy 2:14 . whereof = out of ( App-104 .) which. surmisings , Greek. huponaia . Only here. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Timothy 6:5

Perverse disputings. Greek. paradiatribe . Only here. The texts read diaparatribe . men . App-123 . of corrupt minds = corrupted (Greek. diophtheiro . See 2 Corinthians 4:16 ) as to their mind, destitute = deprived. Greek. opostereo . See 1 Corinthians 6:7 . gain , &c. Read "godliness is a way of gain". gain . Greek. porismos . Here and 1 Timothy 6:6 . from . App-104 . withdraw thyself . Same as "depart", 1 Timothy 4:1 , but the texts omit "from such", &c. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:4

he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,This is a rather salty speech! A glance at the way various translations have rendered this is interesting:He is blinded with conceit and really knows nothing, but is crazy with discussions and controversies about words, - Richard Francis Weymouth. He is a conceited idiot! His mind is a morbid jungle of disputation and argument. - J. B. Phillips. He is a... read more

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