1 Timothy 1:13-16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Here the apostle, I. Returns thanks to Jesus Christ for putting him into the ministry. Observe, 1. It is Christ's work to put men into the ministry, Acts 26:16, 17. God condemned the false prophets among the Jews in these words, I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied, Jer. 23:21. Ministers, properly speaking, cannot make themselves ministers; for it is Christ's work, as king and head, prophet and teacher, of his church. 2. Those whom he... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

1:12-17 I give thanks to Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has filled me with his power, that he showed that he believed that he could trust me, by appointing me to his service, although I was formerly an insulter, a persecutor and a man of insolent and brutal violence. But I received mercy from him, because it was in ignorance that I acted thus, in the days when I did not believe. But the grace of our Lord rose higher than my sin, and I found it in the faith and love of those whose lives are lived... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

There are two further interesting things in this passage. Paul's Jewish background comes out. He says that Jesus Christ had mercy on him because he committed his sins against Christ and his Church in the days of his ignorance. We often think that the Jewish viewpoint was that sacrifice atoned for sin; a man sinned, his sin broke his relationship with God, then sacrifice was made and God's anger was appeased and the relationship restored. It may well have been that that was in fact the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

The thing which stands out in this passage is Paul's insistence upon remembering his own sin. He heaps up a very climax of words to show what he did to Christ and the Church. He was an insulter of the Church; he had flung hot and angry words at the Christians, accusing them of crimes against God. He was a persecutor; he had taken every means open to him under the Jewish law to annihilate the Christian Church. Then comes a terrible word; he had been a man of insolent and brutal violence. The... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:13

Who was before a blasphemer ,.... Of the name of Christ, contrary to which he thought he ought to do many things; and he not only blasphemed that name himself, calling him an impostor and a deceiver, but he compelled others to blaspheme it also, Acts 26:9 . This, as well as what follows, is said, to illustrate the grace of God in his conversion, and call to the ministry: and a persecutor : for not content to speak evil of Christ, of his person, people, truths, and ordinances, he acted... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:14

And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant ,.... That is, the love of Jehovah the Father; so the Ethiopic version reads, "the grace of God"; of God the Father, since he is distinguished in the text from Jesus Christ. God is abundant in grace and goodness; he is rich and plenteous in mercy; there is an overflow of love in his heart to his chosen people, and in conversion it flows out, and abounds and superabounds; see Romans 5:20 . with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:15

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation ,.... This is said, lest it should be thought strange, or scarcely credible, that so great a sinner should be saved; as well as to give a summary of the glorious Gospel the apostle was intrusted with; and in opposition to fables, endless genealogies, and vain jangling, and contentions about the law. The doctrine of Christ's coming into the world, and of salvation by him, as it is the sum and substance of the Gospel, so it is a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:16

Howbeit, for this cause I obtained mercy ,.... Though so great a sinner, and even the chief of sinners: that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering ; not that the apostle was the first that was converted upon Christ's coming to save sinners; for there were many converted before him, and very great sinners too, and he speaks of himself as one born out of due time; unless it can be thought that he was the first of the persecutors of the church, upon the death of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:13

A blasphemer - Speaking impiously and unjustly of Jesus, his doctrine, his ways, and his followers. And - persecutor - Endeavouring, to the uttermost of his power, to exterminate all who called on the name of the Lord Jesus. And injurious - Και ὑβριστην· As full of insolence as I was of malevolence; and yet, all the while, thinking I did God service, while sacrificing men and women to my own prejudices and intolerance. I did it ignorantly in unbelief - Not having considered... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:14

The grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant - The original is very emphatic, that grace of our Lord, ὑπερεπλεονασε , hath superabounded - it manifested itself in a way of extraordinary mercy. With faith and love - Not only pardoning such offenses, but leading me to the full experimental knowledge of Christianity; of that faith and love which are essential to it; and giving me authority to proclaim it to mankind. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:14

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