Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 6:14
That thou keep [this] commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
14. that thou keep this commandment ] the commandment; this phrase in the singular or plural (as indicated above, 1Ti 6:13) specially characterises St John’s first epistle and is closely linked with the confession of the true Christ: and the commandment there is ‘love’: see e.g. 1Jn 3:23. Again St Paul here, in 1Ti 6:13-14, ‘I charge thee’ &c. Is clearly recurring to ‘the charge’ of 1Ti 1:5, ‘the end’ of which is ‘ love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned.’ We have therefore no difficulty as to ‘the commandment’ here.
without spot, unrebukeable ] Both words used of persons only in N.T., elsewhere of things; the latter has occurred 1Ti 3:2 and 1Ti 5:7, and so A.V. apparently here refers them to Timothy; R.V. alters, giving the alliter ation and leaving open the question whether they agree with the subject or the object without spot, without reproach. The early Greek interpreters take them with ‘commandment,’ which on the whole the construction favours.
the appearing of our Lord ] At His second Advent; lit. ‘the Epiphany.’ After use in the Apostle’s earliest letters, 2Th 2:8, which dealt directly with the subject, the word has been dormant till now; now in each of the latest letters (here and Tit 2:13 and 2Ti 4:1; 2Ti 4:8) it shines out, as is so natural after the 15 years that have made an old man of him: ‘Surely the world too is growing old; Timothy may see His coming: yet let it be its own time no nearer, no further.’
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
That thou keep this commandment – Referring particularly to the solemn injunction which he had just given him, to fight the good fight of faith, but perhaps also including all that he had enjoined on him.
Without spot – It seems harsh, and is unusual, to apply the epithet, without spot – aspilos – to a command or doctrine, and the passage may be so construed that this may be understood as referring to Timothy himself – That thou keep the commandment so that thou mayest be without spot and unrebukable. See Bloomfield, Crit. Dig., in loc. The word here rendered without spot, occurs in the New Testament only here and in Jam 1:27; 1Pe 1:19; 2Pe 3:14. It means without any stain or blemish; pure. If applied here to Timothy, it means that he should so keep the command that there would be no stain on his moral character; if to the doctrine, that that should be kept pure.
Unrebukable – So that there be no occasion for reproach or reproof; see notes on Phi 2:15.
Until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ – see notes on 1Th 2:19; 1Th 4:16; 1Th 5:23.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 14. That thou keep this commandment without spot] Two things are mentioned here:
1. That the commandment itself – the whole doctrine of Christ, should be kept entire.
2. That his life should be agreeable to that doctrine. Keep it without spot – let there be no blot on the sacred book; add nothing to it; take nothing from it; change nothing in it. Deliver down to thy successors the truth as thou hast had it from God himself.
Unrebukable] Let there be nothing in thy conduct or spirit contrary to this truth. Keep the truth, and the truth will keep thee.
Until the appearing of our Lord] Hand it down pure, and let thy conduct be a comment on it, that it may continue in the world and in the Church till the coming of Christ.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The charge is, that he faithfully perform all the duties belonging to him as a Christian and a minister, commissioned from God, in the whole course of his life, that he may not be liable to a just accusation for the neglect of any part of his office. This is enforced by the consideration of the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ, that is, in the day of judgment, as the following words make evident. Yet the apostle seems to speak of it, as if Timothy should continue in his ministry till that appearance. But it is manifest by his cautionlug the Thessalonians against that false conceit, 2Th 2:2,3, that the apostle knew the contrary; for he assures them that that day should not come till many great things enumerated by him should be accomplished. The meaning therefore of the words
until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, is the same with our Saviours command to the angel of the church of Smyrna: Be thou faithful unto death, Rev 2:10; for the whole flux of time from the death of any person till the day of judgment makes no alteration in his life; and consequently, whoever is faithful unto the death is so till the appearing of Christ. And there is no motive more powerful to a zealous and faithful discharge of our duty, no excitation more rousing from the security and carelessness of the flesh, than the serious believing consideration of the glorious reward to be dispersed by our Saviour to his faithful servants in that day, and the dreadful condemnation that shall pass upon those who have been careless and negligent in the sacred ministry.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
14. keep this commandmentGreek,“the commandment,” that is, the Gospel rule of life(1Ti 1:5; Joh 13:34;2Pe 2:21; 2Pe 3:2).
without spot,unrebukeableagreeing with “thou.” Keep thecommandment and so be without spot,” c. “Pure” (1Ti 5:22Eph 5:27; Jas 1:27;2Pe 3:14).
until the appearing of . . .ChristHis coming in person (2Th 2:8;Tit 2:13). Believers then used intheir practice to set before themselves the day of Christ as near athand; we, the hour of death [BENGEL].The fact has in all ages of the Church been certain, the time asuncertain to Paul, as it is to us; hence, 1Ti6:15, he says, “in HIStimes”: the Church’s true attitude is that of continualexpectation of her Lord’s return (1Co 1:8;Phi 1:6; Phi 1:10).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
That thou keep this commandment,…. Meaning either what he had now last of all enjoined him, to fight the good fight of faith; or the whole of the orders he had given him throughout the epistle, relating both to the doctrine and discipline of the house of God; or rather the work and office of preaching the Gospel, which was committed to him by the Holy Ghost, and enjoined him by the commandment of the everlasting God: and this the apostle, before God and Christ, charges him to observe and keep, in the following manner,
without spot, and unrebukeable; the sense is, that he would discharge his ministerial function with all faithfulness and purity; that he would sincerely, and without any adulteration, preach the pure Gospel of Christ; and that he would so behave in his life and conversation, that his ministry might not be justly blamed by men, or he be rebuked by the church here, or by Christ hereafter: and this he would have him do,
until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ; to judge the quick and dead at the last day, and which will be very illustrious and glorious. Now Christ is hid from the eyes of men, but to them that look for him he will appear a second time in great glory; in the glory of his Father, and of his own, and of the holy angels; and when his saints will appear with him in glory: and this the apostle the rather mentions, since every man’s work and ministry will then be made manifest; this bright day of Christ’s appearing will declare it, and everyone must give an account of himself, and his talents, unto him: and this shows that the apostle did not design this charge, and these instructions, for Timothy only, but for all other ministers of the Gospel, till the second coming of Christ; though this was then, as now, so much unknown, when it would be, that it could not be said but Timothy might live unto it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
That thou keep ( ). First aorist active infinitive of , with accusative of general reference () in indirect command after .
Without spot (). Late adjective ( privative, , spot, Eph 5:27). In inscription and papyri.
Without reproach (). See 1Tim 3:2; 1Tim 5:7.
Until the appearing ( ). “Until the epiphany” (the second epiphany or coming of Christ). Late word in inscriptions for important event like the epiphany of Caligula, in the papyri as a medical term. In 2Th 2:18 we have both and . See Titus 2:13; 2Tim 1:10; 2Tim 4:1; 2Tim 4:8.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
Commandment [] . Usually of a single commandment or injunction, but sometimes for the whole body of the moral precepts of Christianity, as 2Pe 2:21; 2Pe 3:2. The reference may be explained by hJ paraggelia the commandment, ch. 1 5, meaning the gospel as the divine standard of conduct and faith. Comp. 2Ti 1:14. The phrase threin thn ejntolhn to keep the commandment is Johannine. See Joh 14:15, 21; Joh 14:10; 1Jo 2:3, 4; 1Jo 3:22, 24; 1Jo 5:3.
Without spot [] . Unsullied. Comp. Jas 1:27; 1Pe 1:19; 2Pe 3:14.
Appearing [] . See on 2Th 2:8. In the Books of Macc. it is used to describe appearances and interventions Or God for the aid of his people. See 2 Macc. 2 21; 3 24; 14 15; 14 27; 3 Macc. 5 : 8,
1Ti 6:15In 2Ti 4:18, and Tit 2:13, it denotes, as here, the second coming of Christ. In 2Ti 1:10, his historical manifestation, for which also the verb ejpifainein is used, Tit 2:11; Tit 3:4. for the Lord is second advent Paul commonly uses parousia presence; once the verb faneroun to make manifest (Col 3:4), and once ajpokaluyiv revelation (2Th 1:7). It is quite possible that the word ejpifaneia, so characteristic of these Epistles, grew out of the Gnostic vocabulary, in which it was used of the sudden appearing of the hitherto concealed heavenly aeon, Christ. This they compared to a sudden light from heaven; and Christ, who thus appeared, though only docetically, without an actual fleshly body, was styled swthr savior, although his oneness with the God of creation was denied. The Creator and the Redeemer were not the same, but were rather opposed. Christ was only a factor of a great cosmological process of development. As Neander observes : “The distinctive aim of the Gnostics was to apprehend the appearance of Christ and the new creation proceeding from him in their connection with the evolution of the whole universe.”
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “That thou keep this commandment without spot” (teresai se ten entolen aspilon) “That thou keep or guard this commandment unspotted,” to preserve it intact, 2Ti 4:7. To keep or guard every applicable Divine commandment is to “keep the faith.”
2) “Unrebukeable” (anepilempton) “Without or against reproach.” To keep the commandment, the charge of the ministry, unrebukeable or without reproach, is to keep or guard ones’ self from serious charge of moral or ethical wrong, Jas 1:27.
3) “Until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:” (mechri tes epiphaneias tou kuriou hemon iesou christou) “Until the appearance (first manifestation) of our Lord Jesus Christ; “in the flesh, in the clouds, in the air, as he returns-, as He went away, personally and bodily, Act 4:16-18; Tit 2:13.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
14 That thou, keep the commandment. By the word commandment he means all that he hath hitherto said about the office of Timothy, the sum of which was, that he should show himself to be a faithful minister to Christ and to the Church. What is the use of extending this to the whole law? But perhaps it will be thought preferable to view it as denoting the office which he had received by divine authority; for we are appointed to be ministers of the Church on no other condition than this, that God enjoins upon us whatever he wishes us to do. Thus to “keep the commandment” would be nothing else than to discharge honestly the office committed to him. I certainly view it as referring altogether to the ministry of Timothy.
Spotless and unblameable (129) Whether we consider the case or the termination (130) of the two Greek adjectives which are thus translated, they may apply either to the commandment given, or to the person of Timothy; but the meaning which I have assigned is much more appropriate. (131) Paul informs Timothy, that he must he wish to discharge his office in a proper manner.
Till the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ It is impossible to tell how necessary it was to all the godly, at that time, to have their mind entirely fixed on the day of Christ; because innumerable offenses existed everywhere in the world. They were assailed on every hand, were universally hated and abhorred, were exposed to the mockeries of all, were oppressed every day with new calamities; and yet they saw no fruit of so many toils and annoyances. What then remained, but that in thought they should fly away to that blessed day of our redemption?
Yet the same reason is in force with regard to us in the present day, and indeed applies equally to almost every age. How many things does Satan constantly present to our eyes, which, but for this, would a thousand times draw us aside from the right course! I say nothing about fires, and swords, and banishments, and all time furious attacks of enemies. I say nothing about slanders and other vexations. How many things are within, that are far worse! Ambitious men openly attack us, Epicureans and Lucianists jeer at us, impudent men provoke us, hypocrites murmur at us, they who are wise after the flesh secretly bite us, we are harassed by various methods in every direction. In short, it is a great miracle that any man perseveres steadfastly in an office so difficult and so dangerous. The only remedy for all these difficulties is, to cast our eyes towards the appearing of Christ, and to keep them fixed on it continually. (132)
(129) “ Sans macule et sans reprehension :” — “Without spot and without censure.”
(130) That is, they may be either in the accusative case masculine, agreeing with Τιμόθεον, or in the accusative case feminine, agreeing with ἐντολήν. — Ed.
(131) “ Nonobstant il est beaucoup plus propre de les rapporter a sa personne.” — “Nevertheless it is much more suitable to view them. as relating to his person.”
(132) “Believers might, indeed, be weakened in their faith, when they looked at present things. For, as to the great people in this world, what would they wish but to rise above the Church, and trample God under their feet? We see that they sport with religion as with a ball. We even see that they are deadly enemies of it, and that they persecute it with such rage that everybody is terrified at them. We see these things. Yet what shall be said of the children of God? They are pointed at with the finger, they are thought to be fools, so that what is said by the Prophet Isaiah is today fulfilled in us, that unbelievers reckon us to be monsters. (Isa 8:18.) ‘What? These poor fools? What are they thinking about? What do they mean? We must live with the living, and howl with the wolves. They wish to be always in a state of perplexity. They speak of nothing but eternal life, and have no leisure for enjoyment.’ Thus it is that we are accounted fools and madmen by unbelievers. And Peter says, (2Pe 3:2,) that this must be fulfilled in us, as the prophet Isaiah had made the complaint in his time; Christians must experience the like in the present day.” — Fr. Ser.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(14) That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable.Here St. Paul specifies what was the charge he was commending in such earnest, solemn language to his disciple and representative at Ephesus. It was that he should keep the commandment without spot, unrebukeable. The commandment was the teaching of Jesus Christ, the gospel message, that was to be proclaimed in all its fulness; and that this might be done effectually it was needful that the life of its preacher should be without flawblameless; in other words, it was absolutely requisite that the chief pastor in Ephesus should live the life he preached. There were those (the false teachers of whom he had been speaking, well known to Timothy) whose lives had dishonoured the glorious commandment they professed to love and teach.
Until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.The speedy return of the Lord in glory was, no doubt, looked for in the Church of the first days. The expressions of 1Th. 4:15-18 evidently were written at a time when the second advent of Messiah was looked on as probably near at hand. By slow degreesas one great teacher of the first days after the other fell asleep in Jesus, and the first generation of believers was rapidly passing away, and no fresh sign of the coming in glory was manifestedthe strong expressions used in the first fervour which succeeded the Pentecost morning began to be qualified, as in this Epistle, written far on in St. Pauls life, by words which seemed to say to Timothy: Keep the Masters commandment pure and blameless till the hour of that glorious Epiphany which your eyes will possibly behold.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
14. This commandment Greek, not this, but the.
Commandment A different word from that in 1Ti 1:5, yet designating the same thing, namely, the law in the gospel; the commandment to live the life of faith and holiness. Of that commandment to men Timothy is the depositary and holder; he has it in charge; and he must keep it without spot, so that it be stainless and unrebukable, above all reproach.
The appearing The epiphany. See note on 2Th 2:2.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘That you keep the commandment, without spot, without reproach, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which in its own times he will show,’
And in the light of this solemn charge, Timothy (and all of us) is to keep the commandment (as contained in His word and His Law, possibly as stressed at his baptism. Compare also Joh 12:49; Joh 15:12) in such a way that there will be no blemish on him and no reproach due to him. And this he must do continually until the ‘appearing’ of our Lord, Jesus the Messiah, which He will accomplish within the time span of God’s purposes. For in that appearing all things will be laid bare and any blemish or reproach brought to light (Mat 10:26; Rom 14:10; 1Co 4:5; 2Co 5:10).
‘The appearing of our Lord, Jesus Christ.’ In the secular world this word ‘appearing’ was regularly used of theophanies when the gods manifested themselves to men, but here is the true appearing, when ‘our Lord’ (in contrast with the ‘lords’ worshipped by the nations) Himself is to be manifested to men (2Th 2:8; 2Ti 4:8; Tit 2:13).
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Ver. 14. Without spot ] Of foul sins, Deu 32:5 .
Unrebukeable ] So as no just exception can be laid against thee for allowance of lesser evils.
Until the appearing ] . Illustrem illum adventure, as Beza renders it; the bright, clear, or radiant appearing. St Paul would have Timothy so carry himself as if Christ should then come, and to remit nothing of his zeal, though he should live till that time.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Ti 6:14 . . . .: The phrase , or , is a common one; found in Mat 19:17 , and especially in the Johannine writings; but wherever it occurs it means to obey or observe a command or a saying; whereas here it means to preserve intact . Perhaps the two meanings were present to the apostle’s mind; and no doubt in actual experience they merge one into the other; for a tradition is only preserved by obedience to the demand which it makes for observance. This use of the verb and the similar , 2Ti 4:7 , mutually illustrate each other. is probably equivalent to , understanding the tradition or deposit in the most comprehensive moral and spiritual sense, in which it is nothing else than “the law of the Gospel ( cf. , 1Ti 1:5 ), the Gospel viewed as a rule of life” (so Ell. and Alf.). St. Paul would not have distinguished this from the charge given to Timothy at his baptism. Cyril Jer. ( Cat . 1Ti 6:13 ), in quoting this passage, substitutes for . This interpretation is permissible so long as we do not divorce creed from character.
: These epithets present a difficulty somewhat similar to that presented by . is a personal epithet (though applied to , Job 15:15 , Symm.); and so is . See reff. on both. Alford shows, after De Wette, by examples from Philo and Plato, that . may be applied to impersonal objects, such as , . Nevertheless although it would be intolerably awkward to refer the adjectives to the ordinary construction with being that the qualifying adj. should belong to its object, e.g. , 1Ti 5:22 ; Jam 1:27 ; 2Co 11:9 (Alf.) yet St. Paul had the personal reference to Timothy chiefly in his mind when he chose these words as qualifying ; and the R.V., which places a comma after commandment , possibly is intended to suggest a similar view. The man and the word are similarly identified in the parable of the Sower (Mat 13:19 , etc.). If Timothy “keeps himself unspotted” (Jas 1:27 ) and “without reproach,” the , so far as he is concerned, will be maintained flawless.
The Ancient Homily which used to be attributed to Clem. Rom. contains a sentence written in a similar tone (8), , .
, . . .: Death may mark the close of our probation state; but we shall not render the account of our stewardship until the . When the Pastorals were written the had in men’s thoughts of it receded beyond each man’s death. At an earlier period Christians set it before them as men now set death. In 2Th 2:8 the compound phrase occurs . . is the term used in the Pastoral Epistles (see reff.); but the Second Coming of Christ is called in 1Co 15:23 ; 1Th 2:19 ; 1Th 3:13 ; 1Th 4:15 ; 1Th 5:23 , 2Th 2:1 . In 2Ti 1:10 , includes the first manifestation of Christ in the flesh; and this application of the term is in exact correspondence with its use in heathen sacred associations, where it denoted “a conspicuous appearance or intervention of the higher powers on behalf of their worshippers”. The title , assumed by the Seleucid, meant a claim to be worshipped as an incarnation of Zeus or Apollo, as the case might be (see Moulton and Milligan, Expositor , vii., vii. 380).
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
without spot = unspotted, Greek. aspilos. Here; Jam 1:27. 1Pe 1:19. 2Pe 3:14.
unrebukeable. Same as “blameless”, 1Ti 3:2; 1Ti 5:7.
appearing. App-106.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
1Ti 6:14. ) this.-, , without spot, unrebukeable) in the masculine gender.[51]-, until) Believers, in regulating their practice, used in that day to set before themselves the day of Christ as near at hand: we are accustomed to set before us the hour of death.-, the appearing) This word often occurs in the second Epistle to Timothy and in the Epistle to Titus.
[51] i.e. Agreeing with , not with .-ED.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
1Ti 6:14
that thou keep the commandment, without spot, without reproach,-Here Paul specifies what the charge was that he was commanding in such earnest, solemn language to Timothy. The commandment was the teaching of Jesus Christ, the gospel message, that was to be proclaimed in all its fullness; and that it might be done effectually it was needful that Timothy should be without flaw-should live the life he preached. The false teachers of whom he had been speaking (well known to Timothy) by their lives had dishonored the glorious commandment which they professed to love and teach.
until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:-The coming of the Lord was of all events the goal which all were to keep in view. Death is regarded as the coming of the Son of man to those who die. It might mean until death. If kept till then, it will be kept till the coming of the Lord to judge the world.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
keep: 1Ti 6:20, 1Ti 4:11-16, 1Ch 28:9, 1Ch 28:10, 1Ch 28:20, Col 4:17
without: Son 4:7, Eph 5:27, Heb 9:14, 1Pe 1:19, 2Pe 3:14
unrebukeable: Phi 2:15, Col 1:22, Jud 1:24
until: 1Co 1:8, Phi 1:6, Phi 1:10, 1Th 3:13, 1Th 5:23, 2Th 2:1, 2Ti 4:1, Tit 2:13, Heb 9:28, 1Pe 1:7, 1Jo 3:2, Rev 1:7
Reciprocal: Deu 3:28 – charge Joshua Zec 3:7 – if thou wilt keep Mat 11:1 – commanding Rom 15:30 – for the 1Co 1:7 – coming Col 3:4 – appear 1Th 2:19 – in 1Th 4:1 – by the 2Th 3:6 – in the 1Ti 1:18 – charge 1Pe 1:5 – ready 1Jo 2:28 – when
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ti 6:14. Without spot, unrebukeable means for Timothy to be wholehearted in his obedience to the command of the apostle. Until the appearing. Neither Paul nor any other man knew whether Christ would come in the lifetime of Timothy or not. But when a man dies, his record is complete and will remain as it is until Christ comes. Hence to be “faithful until death” is equivalent to being so until He comes. (See Rev 2:10.)
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
1Ti 6:14. Without spot, unrebukeable. We keep the rhetorical effect of the Greek better by translating both adjectives after the same pattern, without spot, without rebuke, or spotless, reproachless, or unspotted, unreproached.
Until the appearing. The words imply, as St. Pauls language everywhere does, a vague feeling that the great Epiphany of judgment might take place within the limits of his own lifetime or that of the next generation. That, at all events, was the goal which all were to keep in view.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
1Ti 6:14 That thou keep [this] commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Just what commandment?
1. Some commentaries suggest the Gospel, though it is an invitation not a commandment, thus I would opt to the verse referring back to verse eleven and twelve.
2. Stedman suggests that it is the commandment to love one another in the upper room that was given to the apostles. I tend to think that the apostle Paul could have made it a little more clear if that were the commandment he had in mind.
3. Adam Clarke states that it is “That the commandment itself-the whole doctrine of Christ, should be kept entire. 2. That his life should be agreeable to that doctrine. Keep it without spot-let there be no blot on the sacred book;”
He goes on to state that this was a command for Timothy to hand down that same doctrine and lifestyle to others until the coming of the Lord. I don’t see that in the passage, though it is quite in keeping with 2Ti 2:2 which mentions “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.”
4. I would assume it probably refers back to the phrase “fight the good fight of faith just mentioned in verse twelve. Of course my favorite commentator agrees with me – Barnes notes.
Do it without spot and so completely that no one can rebuke you about how you keep it. In short DO IT RIGHT! DON’T DEVIATE FROM IT EVER – do well till the Lord comes.
This thought of perfection is used of our Lord in 1Pe 1:19 where it speaks of Christ the perfect Lamb and His shed blood. “But with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:”
The same word is used to encourage believers to have pure lives in Jam 1:21 and 2Pe 3:14 as well.
The term translated appearing is the word we gain our word epiphany from. Epiphany relates to a glorious manifesting or appearing. The Greek word is used in Greek mythology of a god coming in visible form and usually to help or assist someone.
III. WHY DO IT
These two verses seem to be just a little introduction to the Savior we serve – just kind of a thumbnail sketch if you will.