1 Timothy 6:9 - Exposition

Desire to for will , A.V.; a temptation for temptation , A.V.; many for into many , A.V.; such as for which , A.V. A temptation . The reason of the insertion of the article before "temptation" in the R.V. seems to be that, as the three substantives all depend upon the one preposition εἰς , they ought all to be treated alike. But if so, the reasoning is not good, because "temptation" implies a state, not merely a single temptation. The prefixing of the article is therefore improper. It should be "temptation," as in the A.V. and in Matthew 6:13 ; Matthew 26:41 ; Luke 22:40 , etc. Snare ( παγίδα ); as 1 Timothy 3:7 , note. The concur-pence of the two words περιρασμός and παγίς show that the agency of Satan was in the writer's mind. Several good manuscripts, Fathers, and versions, add the words τοῦ διαβόλου after παγίδα (Huther). Drown ( βυθίζουσι ); only here and Luke 5:7 in the New Testament. Found also in 2Ma Luke 12:4 , and in Polybius—"to sink," transitive. Destruction and perdition ( ὔλεθρον καὶ ἀπώλειαν ). The two words taken together imply utter ruin and destruction of body and soul. ὄλεθρος , very common in classical Greek, occurs in 1 Corinthians 5:5 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:9 , and is limited in the first passage to the destruction of the body, by the words, τῆς σαρκός . ἀπωλεία , less common in classical Greek, is of frequent use in the New Testament, and, when applied to persons, seems to be always used (except in Acts 25:16 ) in the sense of "perdition" ( Matthew 7:13 ; John 17:12 ; Romans 9:22 ; Philippians 3:19 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:3 ; Hebrews 10:39 ; 2 Peter 3:7 ; Revelation 17:3 , etc.).