提摩太前书 6:13

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

我在賜生命給萬物的　神面前，並那在本丟．彼拉多面前見證過美好的信仰的基督耶穌面前囑咐你，

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 在 叫 万 物 生 活 的 神 面 前 ， 并 在 向 本 丢 彼 拉 多 作 过 那 美 好 见 证 的 基 督 耶 稣 面 前 嘱 咐 你 ：

Contextual Overview

¹³ In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, I give you a command. Christ Jesus made the good confession when he stood before Pontius Pilate. ¹⁴ Do what you were commanded to do without wrong or blame until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. ¹⁵ God will make that happen at the right time. He is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of all kings and the Lord of all lords. ¹⁶ He is the only One who never dies. He lives in light so bright no one can go near it. No one has ever seen God, or can see him. May honor and power belong to God forever. Amen. ¹⁷ Command those who are rich with things of this world not to be proud. Tell them to hope in God, not in their uncertain riches. God richly gives us everything to enjoy. ¹⁸ Tell the rich people to do good, to be rich in doing good deeds, to be generous and ready to share. ¹⁹ By doing that, they will be saving a treasure for themselves as a strong foundation for the future. Then they will be able to have the life that is true life. ²⁰ Timothy, guard what God has trusted to you. Stay away from foolish, useless talk and from the arguments of what is falsely called "knowledge." ²¹ By saying they have that "knowledge," some have missed the true faith. Grace be with you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

give: 1 Timothy 5:21

who quickeneth: Deuteronomy 32:39, 1 Samuel 2:6, John 5:21, John 5:26, John 14:25, John 14:26, John 14:6, Acts 17:25, Revelation 21:6, Revelation 22:1

who before: Matthew 27:11, John 18:36, John 18:37, John 19:11, Revelation 1:5, Revelation 3:14

confession: or, profession

Reciprocal: Exodus 6:13 - General Leviticus 8:35 - keep Numbers 27:19 - give him Deuteronomy 3:28 - charge Joshua 1 Kings 2:1 - charged 1 Chronicles 22:6 - charged him Esther 4:8 - to charge Psalms 18:49 - will I give thanks Isaiah 55:4 - I have Ezekiel 44:8 - ye have not Zechariah 3:7 - if thou wilt keep Matthew 10:32 - confess me Mark 8:15 - he charged Mark 15:2 - General Luke 23:3 - Pilate John 18:33 - and said Romans 4:17 - who quickeneth Romans 15:30 - for the Ephesians 4:17 - in the Colossians 2:13 - he 1 Thessalonians 2:11 - charged 1 Thessalonians 4:1 - by the 1 Thessalonians 5:27 - I charge 2 Thessalonians 3:6 - in the 1 Timothy 1:18 - charge 1 Timothy 6:12 - hast 1 Timothy 6:17 - Charge 2 Timothy 2:14 - charging 2 Timothy 4:1 - charge Titus 2:13 - the glorious

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
The number of people on earth began to grow, and daughters were born to them.

Genesis 6:2
When the sons of God saw that these girls were beautiful, they married any of them they chose.

Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also later. That was when the sons of God had sexual relations with the daughters of human beings. These women gave birth to children, who became famous and were the mighty warriors of long ago.

Genesis 6:6
He was sorry he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.

Genesis 6:7
So the Lord said, "I will destroy all human beings that I made on the earth. And I will destroy every animal and everything that crawls on the earth and the birds of the air, because I am sorry I have made them."

Genesis 6:10
He had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 6:11
People on earth did what God said was evil, and violence was everywhere.

Genesis 6:12
When God saw that everyone on the earth did only evil,

Genesis 7:23
God destroyed from the earth every living thing that was on the land—every man, animal, crawling thing, and bird of the sky. All that was left was Noah and what was with him in the boat.

Genesis 49:5
"Simeon and Levi are brothers who used their swords to do violence.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I give thee charge in the sight of God,.... Who is omniscient and omnipotent:

who quickeneth all things; all creatures, for all animate creatures have their life, motion, and bring in him; and who quickeneth all his people, at first conversion, when dead in sin, and afterwards when dull and lifeless; and who will quicken the dead at the last day. This seems to be mentioned to strengthen Timothy against the fears of death, that should he die in fighting the Lord's battles, he was able to raise him from the dead, and would do it.

And [before] Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; or rather "under Pontius Pilate"; or, as the Arabic and Ethiopic versions render it, "in the time of Pontius Pilate"; for this may refer not only to the confession Christ made in his presence, at his examination by him, when he owned himself to be a King, declared the nature of his kingdom, and signified that the end of his incarnation was to bear a testimony to the truth; but it may also refer to the faithful, plain, and open witness Christ bore to truth throughout the whole of his ministry, under Pontius Pilate, by his doctrine and miracles, and at last by his sufferings and death, which he endured under him; and this is mentioned for Timothy's imitation, and to encourage him, and all other saints, to hold fast the profession of their faith to the end.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I give thee charge in the sight God - see the notes on 1 Timothy 5:21.

Who quickeneth all things - Who gives life to all; notes on Ephesians 2:1. It is not quite clear why the apostle refers to this attribute of God as enforcing the charge which he here makes. Perhaps he means to say that God is the source of life, and that as he had given life to Timothy - natural and spiritual - he had a right to require that it should be employed in his service; and that, if, in obedience to this charge and in the performance of his duties, he should be required to lay down his life, he should bear in remembrance that God had power to raise him up again. This is more distinctly urged in 2 Timothy 2:8-10.

And before Christ Jesus - As in the presence of Christ, and stimulated by his example.

Who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession - Margin, “profession.” The same Greek word is used which in 1 Timothy 6:12 is translated “profession.” The reference is to the fact that the Lord Jesus, when standing at the bar of Pilate who claimed to have power over his life, did not shrink from an open avowal of the truth; John 18:36-37. Nothing can be better fitted to preserve our minds steadfast in the faith, and to enable us to maintain our sacred vows in this world when allured by temptation, or when ridiculed for our religion, than to remember the example of the Lord Jesus; Let us place him before us as he stood at the bar of Pilate - threatened with death in its most appalling form, and ridiculed for the principles which he maintained; let us look on him, friendless and alone, and see with what seriousness, and sincerity, and boldness he stated the simple truth about himself, and we shall have one of the best securities that we can have, that we shall not dishonor our profession. A clear view of the example of Christ our Saviour, in those circumstances, and a deep conviction that his eye is upon us to discern whether we are steadfast as he was, will do more than all abstract precepts to make us faithful to our christian calling.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 13. I give thee charge — This is similar to that in 1 Timothy 5:21 of the preceding chapter, where see the note.

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. And should thy life fall a sacrifice to the performance of thy duty, all will be safe; for thy life is hid with Christ in God, and when he who is thy life shall appear, then shalt thou also appear with him in glory! Thy kingdom is not of this world; remember that this good confession was made by thy Master before Pilate. Keep disentangled from all earthly things, live to and for God, and all will be well.

A good confession — The confession made by Christ before Pontius Pilate is, that he was Messiah the King; but that his kingdom was not of this world; and that hereafter he should be seen coming in the clouds of heaven to judge the quick and dead. See John 18:36-37; and Mark 14:61-62.