1 Timothy 1:10 - Exposition

Fornicators for whoremongers, A.V.; abusers of themselves with men for them that defile themselves with mankind, A.V.; false swearers for perjured persons. A.V.; contrary for that is contrary, A.V.; the sound for sound, A.V. πόρνοις ἀρσενοκοίταις . The latter word is only found in the New Testament here and 1 Corinthians 6:9 . and nowhere else; but the reference is to Le 18:22, where the two words ἄρσενος and κοίτη occur, though not in actual composition. ἀνδραποδισταῖς , men-stealers; only here in the New Testament, but very common, with its many kindred forms, ἀνδραποδίζειν ἀνδραποδισμός , ἀνδράποδον , etc., in classical Greek. The last word is found once in the LXX ., viz. in 3 Macc. 7:5. The crime of man-stealing is denounced Exodus 21:16 ; Deuteronomy 24:7 . ψεύσταις ἐπιόρκοις , liars, false swearers . The latter word only occurs here in the New Testament—the verb ἐπιορκέω in Matthew 5:33 —and twice in the LXX ., where ἐπιορκία is also found (Wis. 14:25); all are common in classical Greek. The reference is to Le Matthew 19:11 , Matthew 19:12 . The order of the offences, as above noted, is that of the Decalogue. The sound doctrine. The article is better omitted, as in the A V. This is one of the many phrases peculiar to the pastoral Epistles. Though the verb ὑγιανίνειν occurs three times in St. Luke's Gospel and once in 3 John 1:2 in its literal sense of bodily health, it is only in the pastoral Epistles that it is applied to doctrine (see 1 Timothy 6:3 ; 2 Timothy 1:13 ; 2 Timothy 4:3 ; Titus 1:9 , Titus 1:13 ; Titus 2:1 , Titus 2:2 ; and note on 2 Timothy 4:3 ).