Bible Commentary

Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 3. forbidding to marry ] See on 1Ti 4:1 and Introduction, pp. 46, 48, 50, 51. From the verb ‘forbidding’ must be supplied by the rule called zeugma (Winer, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 4:3”

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 2. speaking lies in hypocrisy ] Rather, as R.V. through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, that is, the ‘false prophets,’ ‘many of whom,’ we read, by the time of the writing of 1Jn 4:1, ‘are gone out into the world’ as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 4:2”

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 1 5. False Teachers mar the Truth of the Incarnate Redeemer 1. Now the Spirit speaketh ] The connexion is this. The teachers and ministers of the Church must hold … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 4:1”

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. 16. without controversy ] We may render, And confessedly mighty is that holy truth revealed, the very grain and fibre … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 3:16”

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 15. how thou oughtest to behave thyself ] There is little in the Greek words and little in the context … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 3:15”

These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: 14 16. The importance of these directions based on the character of the Church and its Head 14. to come unto thee shortly ] The comparative adverb if retained will have the force given by Fairbairn ‘more speedily than I at one time … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 3:14”

For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 13. purchase to themselves a good degree ] The word for ‘degree’ occurs only here in N.T., having been used in LXX. for a ‘step’ or ‘threshold,’ … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 3:13”

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 12. ruling their children ] The sentence gives compendiously the same requirements as to domestic relationships for deacons as for presbyters; the briefer form of the latter clause favours the interpreting ‘all gravity’ above of the children rather … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 3:12”

Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 11. Even so must their wives be grave ] The R.V. translates literally Women in like manner must be grave, i.e. women deacons, favouring the general view of the earliest commentators, as Chrysostom and Theod. Mops.,’ mulieres quae diaconis officium implere … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 3:11”

And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless. 10. And let these also ] These, as well as the presbyters, for whom 1Ti 3:7 defines a very searching test. Bp Ellicott s note, rightly explaining that the first conjunction is ‘Also,’ ‘Moreover,’ and the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 3:10”