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The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Timothy
Arthur Charles Hervey [1808-1894] · 145,748 words · 149 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Timothy — Section 121
I. WE MAY J,EARN TO BE IDLE. There ie no life 80 undignified aR that which la buRy In trifles, which has learned to enjoy listless honrs. For tlie wandering thought pro- duces the wandering life. "Wanclering e.bout from house to house;" and, having nothing else to build with, too often build e.erial structures of untru…
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Vers. 1-16.-Dealing 'lllitli certain classes in tM (Jliurch. I. BEHAVIOUR OF TIMOTHY TOWARD THE ELDER A1'"'D YOUNGER CHUHCH MEMBERS OF BOTH SEXES. "Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity." A minister has to deal wit…
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position made helpful to her religious lire. (2) l"eligion of a duola~ positicm. • Bul she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth." fn the absence of children or grandchildren that can care for her, the temptation is, where a woman bas not ,1 lawful way of making o. livinp:, to seek a living by givin…
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■ ick and instructed and advised the younger members of their sex, 6. Ea:clusion of yoonger widows. " But younger widows refuse." They were not to have the honour of being put upon the roll, though, in case of destitution, not beyond Christian help. (1) Their chwngeableness. "For when they have waxed wanton against …
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II. THEIB MAmTENANOE, "For the Scripture saith, Thou ahalt not muzzle the ox when he tree.deth ont the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his hire." Under the honour to be done especially to the laborious teaching elder, is brought D1ainten- ance. This is enforced by a reference to Deut. xxv. 4. The Jewish law showed…
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was e. drinker or water, i.e. accustomed to the exclusive UBe of water 811 e. drink. \\'batever his reasons for arlopting this course, it was too rigoroua for him. He needed a little wine for his stomach's se.ke and his often infirmities. This is not certainly to be qonsrrue<l into e. licence for the unlimited use o…
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whiob be oweil. him e.e hie maeter. And IIO It. There ia possibly an indication in the St. Paul e.<ldreeses e. word of specie.I advice word that the masters actively and willingly to euoh. Let them not despise them. Let accept it-they stretch out their hand to not their spiritual equality with their take it. Tl,ere …
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Ver. II.- Wrangling, (or pen,eru d1°Jlput• taith," eto. (ver. 11). The phrnsc, 'E..-,-, ai ings, A..V. &nd T.R.; corrupted in mi11d for ,rop1..-µbs µl-yas -It ,b... ,/3,!a µna. av.,.ap1r,las, of llOfTVpt mindii, A.V.; bereft for d,,,.tituftJ, should be construed by me.king the µn·ii A.V.; godlinen Ma ,~ay of gain fo…
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Ver. 9.-DeBire lo for wfll, A.V.: 11 is not " the love of money," bu\ the IIIOll8J '6mptaUoo for temptation, A.V.; many for itself. To avoid this, Hofmann (quoted by lnlo many, A.V.: 8Uch 118 for which, A.V. Rather) makes ~!(11 the antecedent to 1j,, A temptation. The reason of the insertion and the metaphor to be of a…
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Olympie M~embly ror any or the prizes, in the bapti"?lal con_fcssion (Aots viii. 87 wrestling, ohariot-racing, foot-rncing, mueio, (T.R.); xvi. 81 ; xix. 4, 5). The ne.turnl or what not. 'Ayw,,/{«r8a, .,-bv aywva ie to word to have followed µ.ap,-upiw woe µ.a.pTUplmv, "carry on euoh a oontc>st •· (oomp. 2 Tim. iv. a…
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ldeaa an oombined In Lnke i. 20 (,,,.A11pll1f/,- ness and e.lmighty power, mrlversal dominion aov1"111 .It Tbv 1<a1pbv abTiilv) e.nd xxi. 24 e.nd_ unchan_geable being, in~te.ble majesty'. (oomp. Eph. i. 10). Shall show (31!(<1). radiant hohness, e.nd glory inaccessible and Arncv6•w l1r14'<>v,lav, "to show e.n appe1tr• …
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literally or lgnratively (Luke xi. 48; Epb. ful guard over the &Ith committed to hi■ ii. 20; Rev. ui. U, eto.). There is, at trust; to pree~r,·e it unaltered and unoorrupt, first Bight, a manifeat oonfueion of meta- so as to hand 1t down to his euoccssore exactly phors in the pbl'RB6, "laying up in store a. the enmc…
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HOMILETTCS. Vere. 1, 2.-The rloc~ of Gorl. Slaves, led doubtless by the mlaerle1 of their oondition to seek the ennobling, comforting privileges of the gospel, formed a con- siderable portion of the first congregations of disciples (see the names in Rom. xvi.; 1 Cor. i. 27, 28; Eph. vi. 6-8; Col. iii. 22-25; Titus ii.…
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pf otben, and ready to brush on one side every obstllcle which stands !n the way of c:etting, is the common result of the love of money. But in many cases it leads on into impiety and crime, and through them to sorrows and perdition. It was hie greed for the wagee of unrighteousness which urged Balaam on to his dest…
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eentiment1. And though It cannot be predicated of God that he la •w•~•. It la an cssc11tial feature of the godly man, who therefore covets it EIR an integral part of the we11Hh of the soul. And then, by a natural association with this reverential attitude towards God described by "godliness," there follows faith; the e…
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Ver. 2.-The duties of slaTJes to <Jhristian masters. This relationship W'Ould be less common than the other. L THE RESPECT DUE TO CllBISTIAN lll.ABTERS. "And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they a.re brethren, but the rather serve them." The duty is present.ad in a twofold form. 1. …
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apostle. There were false teacher■ ln Ephesus who, from a pretended interest in the cla1111 of Christian slavea, taught them that the gospel was a political charter of emanci- pation; for the yoke of Christ was designed to break every other yoke. They must have been of the class referred to elsewhere who "despised gove…
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Ver. 9.-The dangers of the t.ager haste to &e rich. I. THE EAGER PUBSUIT OJ' THE WORLD IB TO BE sHm.'NED. •• But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare." 1. The apostle does not condemn the possession of riches, which have, in reality, no moral character; for they are only evil where they are badly …
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turn11 from hi.II warning to those deairing to be rich to the practical ellhortation to atrive for the true riches. L THE TITLE BY WBIOB TIMOTHY 18 ADDRESSED, "0 man of God." 1. IC wa., the familiar title of the Old Testament prophets, and might appropriately apply to a New Testament evangelist like Timothy, 2. But in…
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Van. 13-16.-Tlle ..Z-n clu,rge preued GMtD upon TimotAy. A.1 he nean the end of the Epistle, the apostle, with a deeper aolemnity of tone, repeats the oharge be bas gi.-en to bis young disciple. L Tmt NATURE A.ln) BESPO~SIBILITIBS OF THB OHARGL .. I oharge thee ••• that thou keep the comme.11drnent without spot 1.n…
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Crom the enjoyment of our pouesaiona; (c) because riches cannot satisfy the deep hUDger of the human heart, 3. The ,arfdy of trusting in God. "But upon the liTing God, who gi'veth us all things richly for enjoyment." (1) God ia the sole Giver of all we poasess. (2) He giveth to us all richly according to our need. (3) …
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I. THEY ARE WHOLESOME BBOAU8111 THEY ABIII BALING WORDS. They heal breaohes in families; they heal the division between God and the soul; they heal the heart Itself. .And in the varie-ml3C'Um of the Bible we find a cure for all the diseases of the inner man. II. TREY ARE WHOLB8011:B WORDS AS OONTRASTED WITH OTHER LITE…
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at the b11sis of Lhinga, they are the representatives of Oivine 11uthority. As snch-11nd who arc wholly entitled to be called worthy representatives ?-let them be counted worthy of all proper honour. Let them be treated th11s, that the Narne of God, and, the doctrine be not blr.uphemed,, There was involved in their con…
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taken away. 3. 77ae 81Mctal olmozioumeN of their teacMng. (1) Thu wa, ln -ling /hat godlint!$s was a way of gain. "Supposing that godlinet1S is a way of gain." Thh was evidently a stratagem on the part of the heretics. Suspected of a worldline88 that was unbecomin_g their religious pretension,, they got over it by ta…
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"And now The arena awims around him-he is gone? Ere ceaserl the inhuman shout which hFLi!ed the wretch who WOL He heard it, bnt he heeded not-his eyes Were with his heart, and that WBB far away; He reckeil not of the life he lost or prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay; There were his young barbarian~…
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hopefully nnder hi1 leadership. It 11 • fight int.o which the man of God can throw his undivided energies, his warmest ent.husiasm. Many a fight which receives the plaudit~ o~ men hH, in the Ftrict review, only a seeming or superficial goodness. But the fight mto which the man of God throws himself can stand the sev…
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'I cannot and will not deny that I am a King. It ii my office to declare the truth ; it ie by the in8uence of truth that I am to reign in the hearts of men, and I c11DDot shrink from 11.Sserting thie most important truth, that I have the power and authority of II eovereign at once to rule and to defend my people. Let n…
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Vera. 17-21.-Parting word,. L WARNING TO THE RIOB. "Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not high-minded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy." The apostle's fear of worldliness in the Church still possesses him. He does no…
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l'IIB■ B P.&.GB Personal Digression 28 Ohuroh Governmen\ 7 Recurrence to Timothy 31 The Heretio 8 The Apo1ll6 8 CHAPTER II. Apostolio Addresa and Greeting 8 Publio Worship ... 36 The Object of Timothy's Coulinued The Regulation of Pnblio Worship ... 37 Sojourn at EphesllB 9 The Benefioial and Acceptable ~ e.ture Natu…
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