Who quickeneth all things - God, who is the fountain of life, and who is the resurrection; and who will raise thee up at the last day to a life of ineffable glory, if thou be faithful unto death. Thousands have this knowledge who are neither wise unto salvation themselves, nor capable of leading those who are astray into the path of life. This passage is grand and noble; but how insignificant does it appear when contrasted with the superior sublimity of the inspired writer! without spot, unrebukeable--agreeing with "thou." Still the saints shall, in some sense, have the blessedness of seeing Him, which is denied to mere man ( Matthew 5:8 , 1 Corinthians 13:12 , 1 John 3:2 , Revelation 22:4 ). but rather, &c.--"but all the more (so much the more: with the greater good will) do them service because they (the masters) are faithful (that is, believers) and beloved who receive (in the mutual interchange of relative duties between master and servant; so the Greek) the benefit" (English Version violates Greek grammar). perdition--destruction in general (temporal or eternal), and perdition in particular, namely, that of body and soul in hell. most Blessed of the blessed! : -. Written from Athens, and sent by Titus, his disciple. He that has more than these is rich in the sense in which the apostle uses the term. Follow after righteousness - Justice and uprightness in all thy dealings with men. 1832. Compare Ephesians 4:22 , "deceitful lusts" which deceive to one's deadly hurt. 14. keep this commandment--Greek, "the commandment," that is, the Gospel rule of life ( 1 Timothy 1:5 , John 13:34 , 2 Peter 2:21 , 3:2 ). But the oldest manuscripts read, "preserveth alive"; as the same Greek means in Acts 7:19 ; compare Nehemiah 9:6 . The apostle considers these persons like mariners in a storm; by the concurrence of winds, waves, and tide, they are violently driven among the rocks, the vessel is dashed to pieces, and in a moment they are all ingulfed in the great deep! - A. The Greek indicative implies, he puts not a merely supposed case, but one actually existing, 1 Timothy 1:3 , "Every one who teaches otherwise," that is, who teaches heterodoxy. Perhaps even in the perfect state no creature shall fully see God. The proud and the insolent are neither Christians nor scholars. This latter clause is parallel to, "because they are brethren"; which proves that "they" refers to the masters, not the servants, as TITTMANN takes it, explaining the verb in the common sense ( Luke 1:54 , Acts 20:35 ), "who sedulously labor for their (masters') benefit." witnessed--It was the Lord's part to witness, Timothy's part to confess (or "profess," 1 Timothy 6:12 ) "the good confession" [BENGEL]. in . a. Of those, and their dangerous state, who determine to be rich; and of the love of money, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10. To acquire this knowledge, an acquaintance with some languages, which have long ceased to be vernacular, is often not only highly expedient, but in some cases indispensably necessary. It is a self-evident truth; relative to it there can be no controversy. I should be sorry thou shouldest substitute aught else. The end of the epistle. He is not sent by God, and therefore he shall not profit the people at all. - A.C. But who will believe this? Salem Media Group. But how few of those who pretend most to learning, and who have spent both much time and much money in seats of literature in order to obtain it, have got this knowledge! That they do good - That they relieve the wants of their fellow creatures, according to the abundance which God has given them. It was written from Laodicea, the metropolis of Phrygia of Pacatiana. supposing, &c.--The Greek requires, "supposing (regarding the matter in this point of view) that piety (so translated for 'godliness') is a means of gain (that is, a way of advancing one's worldly interests: a different Greek form, poriswa, expresses the thing gained, gain)"; not "that gain is godliness," as English Version. lusts--With the one evil lust ("wish to be rich") many others join themselves: the one is the "root of all evils" ( 1 Timothy 6:10 ). 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