1 Timothy 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:4

To give for give , A.V.; the which for which , A.V.; questionings for questions , A.V.; a dispensation of God for godly edifying , A.V. and T.R. ( οἰκονομίαν θεοῦ for οἰκοδομίαν θεοῦ ); so do I now for so do , A.V. Fables (see 1 Timothy 4:7 ). If the spirit which gave birth to the fables of the Talmud was already at work among the Jews, we have a ready explanation of the phrase. And that they were Jewish fables (not later Gnostic delusions) is... read more

Albert Barnes

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

Neither give heed to fables - That is, that they should not bestow their attention on fables, or regard such trifles as of importance. The “fables” here referred to were probably the idle and puerile superstitions and conceits of the Jewish rabbies. The word rendered “fable” (μῦθος muthos) means properly “speech” or “discourse,” and then fable or fiction, or a mystic discourse. Such things abounded among the Greeks as well as the Jews, but it is probable that the latter here are particularly... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 1:3-4

1 Timothy 1:3-4 . As I besought thee Παρεκαλεσα σε , I entreated thee. It is observed by Beza, that by using this soft expression the apostle hath left a singular example of modesty, to be imitated by superiors in their behaviour toward their inferiors in the church. When I went into Macedonia, (Acts 20:1,) that thou mightest charge some Who appeared to be inclined to introduce their own corrupt notions into the church; that they teach no other doctrine Than I have taught. Let them... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:1-11

1:1-20 WARNING AGAINST FALSE TEACHERSFalse and true (1:1-11)The letter begins with a reminder to Timothy of the reason Paul urged him to stay at Ephesus. Timothy has to stop people wasting time and confusing others with senseless discussions that lead only to conflict and argument. Those responsible for this confusing teaching must learn to control their imagination. Instead of inventing fanciful stories based on Old Testament genealogies, they should concentrate on the kind of teaching that... read more

E.W. Bullinger

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

Neither . Greek. mede . fables . Greek. muthos . Occurs also 1 Timothy 4:7 . 2 Timothy 4:4 .Titus 1:14 , 2 Peter 1:16 . endless . Greek. aperantos . App-151 . genealogies . Greek. genealogia Only here and Titus 3:9 . Referring to the list of emanations of AEONS according to the Gnostics. questions . Greek. zetesis . See Acts 25:20 . All the occ, of the word show what questions occupy the natural mind. godly edifying = dispensation (Gn oikonomia , 1 Corinthians 9:17 ) of God (1... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:4

neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; so do I now.Of all historical peoples, the Jews, more than any other, were concerned with genealogies; and coupled with this, the sequential mention of the Ten Commandments, one at a time in order, a moment later, emphatically demands that the false teaching here be understood as Jewish improvisations upon the body of Christian truth. All efforts to make this... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Timothy 1:4

1 Timothy 1:4. Neither give heed to fables, &c.— Nothing can be conceived more monstrous and absurd than the fables with which the writings of the Jewish rabbies are filled. It is probable this wild romantic humour might in some measure prevail as early as the apostle's days, and may be referred to here. The Jewish Christians valued themselves very much upon their descent from Abraham and the prophets, though possibly some of them could hardly make out the whole genealogy: but if they could... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 1:4

4. fables—legends about the origin and propagation of angels, such as the false teachers taught at Colosse (Colossians 2:18-23). "Jewish fables" ( :-). "Profane, and old wives' fables" (1 Timothy 4:7; 2 Timothy 4:4). genealogies—not merely such civil genealogies as were common among the Jews, whereby they traced their descent from the patriarchs, to which Paul would not object, and which he would not as here class with "fables," but Gnostic genealogies of spirits and aeons, as they called them,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 1:3-4

Paul’s geographical movements, to which he referred here, probably took place between his first Roman imprisonment and the writing of this epistle. We cannot fit them into the chronology of Acts. Acts concludes with Paul’s first Roman imprisonment. The apostle had left Timothy in Ephesus for the general purpose of acting as his special representative. He was under Paul but over the elders of the church in his authority. [Note: Mounce, p. lvii.] As such Timothy occupied a position unique to the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 1:3-11

A. The task Timothy faced 1:3-11Paul penned these opening words to remind Timothy to correct teachers in the Ephesian church who were majoring on minor matters in their Bible teaching. In so doing he reminded Timothy of his own responsibility as a communicator of God’s truth."That the false teachers were . . . probably elders [of the house-churches in Ephesus] is supported by several items from 1 Timothy: their presuming to be ’teachers of the law’ (1 Timothy 1:7), a responsibility of the... read more

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