1 Timothy 6
Gann1 Timothy 6:1
1Tim. 6.11 Timothy 6:1 6:1-2 Instructions Concerning Servants Yoke = “As many as are under the yoke of bondage…” cf. Galatians 5:1 Master = 10x in NT, despotes, a ruler with absolute power,
Honor = value, esteem, respect.
Name of God = Christanity would be very odium if it brought social disorder. Not to be dishonored and reproached. Christianity taught patiece and meekness, not revellion or violence.
1 Timothy 6:2
1 Tim. 6.2 1 Timothy 6:2 Despise = neglect, fail to care for. [Not used here of actual contempt or disrepect. Idea is that they are not to shirk their duty or grow lax in their service.] YLT “..let them not slight them…”
Partakers = something in which both benefit.
- the masters partake of the servants labor OR 2) the servants partake of the gospel’s benefits. OR BOTH would partake, the master would receive benefit by the servant’s labout, and the servant would partake by receiving better treatment from the master.
1 Timothy 6:3
1 Timothy 6.31 Timothy 6:3 This points seems to be aimed especially at anyone who would try to forster discontent among the slaves, or create trouble and social strife. It extends to anyone teaching any false teaching, and a teaching not coming from Christ or his apostles.
Wholesome = healthy, uncorrupted
1 Timothy 6:4
1 Timothy 6:4 Doting = sick, a morbid (interest), to pine after, [NKJV obsessed]
Strifes of words = war of words
Railings = harsh language
Evil surmisings = suspicions
1 Timothy 6:5
1Tim. 6.5 1 Timothy 6:5 Perverse = useless
Gain = a means for advancing. Using sacred work for secular gain. Supposing that the way to appear godly (to advance, get gain) is to argue, to cause war of words, and conditions of verse 4.
Withdraw thyself = “Timothy, don’t fall into a class of those men.” A warning about “brotherhood camps”, certain schools, and/or brotherhood publications that war on words, etc.
1 Timothy 6:6
1Tim. 6.61 Timothy 6:6 The theme of the book of Ecclesiastes.
1 Timothy 6:7
1 Timothy 6:8
1 Timothy 6:9
1 Timothy 6:9 1 Timothy 6:9 Snare = trap Lusts = desires
1 Timothy 6:10
1 Timothy 6:10 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:11
1Tim. 6.11 1 Timothy 6:11 O man of God = term often used for a prophet or evangelists. O man: 1 Timothy 6:20; Deuteronomy 33:1; 1 Samuel 2:27, 1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 13:26, 1 Kings 17:18, 1 Kings 17:24, 1 Kings 20:28; 2 Kings 1:9, 2 Kings 1:13; 2 Kings 5:20, 2 Kings 23:17; 1 Chronicles 23:14; 2 Chronicles 8:14; Nehemiah 12:24, Nehemiah 12:36; Jeremiah 35:4; 2 Timothy 3:17
Follow = pursue
Meetkness = gentleness
1 Timothy 6:12
1 Timothy 6.12 1 Timothy 6:12 Professed = verb; confessed, acknowledged, Lit. to say the same things. Profession = noun form of the same word.
1 Timothy 6:13
1 Timothy 6.13 1 Timothy 6:13 Befoe Pilate = Matthew 17:11; John 18:36-37
1 Timothy 6:14
1 Timothy 6:15
1 Timothy 6.151 Timothy 6:15 Only Potentate = mighty ruler (over the universe), emphasis seems to be on the word “only”.
1 Timothy 6:16
1Tim. 6.161 Timothy 6:16 Immortality = Jesus Christ is the only source for man for eternal life.
No man can approach = Barnes “The light where he dwells is so brilliant and dazzling that mortal eyes could not endure it. This is a very common representation of the dwelling place of God.”
1 Timothy 6:17
1Tim. 6.171 Timothy 6:17 Ephesus had a good number of rich people (a large banking system there) and the church probably had some rich people in in as well.
1 Timothy 6:18
1 Timothy 6:19
1Tim. 6.191 Timothy 6:19
Laying up … Treasures in heaven, Matthew 6:20
1 Timothy 6:20
1Tim. 6.20 1 Timothy 6:20 Science falsely… Knowledge, gnostics. McKnight points to 1 Corinthians 12:8 where “knowledge” was one of the spiritual gifts., and says that here some falsely claimed to have this inspired “knowledge.”