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提多书 1:14

不再理會猶太人的無稽之談和偏離正道的人的規條。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Doctrines;   Fable;   Minister, Christian;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fables;   Human;   Precepts, Human;   Traditions;   The Topic Concordance - Conscience;   Denial;   Disobedience;   Fables;   Hearing;   Teaching;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fable;   Tradition;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Crete;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Myth;   Truth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fable;   Titus, Epistle to;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Fable;   Scribes;   Timothy, the First Epistle to;   Titus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fable;   Paul the Apostle;   Timothy, Epistles to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Fable;   Ignatius;   Myth;   Philosophy;   Profane ;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Titus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Fable,;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Fable;   Jewish,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Fable;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crete;   Fable;   Jew;   Papyrus;   Paul, the Apostle;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
不 听 犹 太 人 荒 渺 的 言 语 和 离 弃 真 道 之 人 的 诫 命 。

Contextual Overview

6 An elder must not be guilty of doing wrong, must have only one wife, and must have believing children. They must not be known as children who are wild and do not cooperate. 7 As God's managers, overseers must not be guilty of doing wrong, being selfish, or becoming angry quickly. They must not drink too much wine, like to fight, or try to get rich by cheating others. 8 Overseers must be ready to welcome guests, love what is good, be wise, live right, and be holy and self-controlled. 9 By holding on to the trustworthy word just as we teach it, overseers can help people by using true teaching, and they can show those who are against the true teaching that they are wrong. 10 There are many people who refuse to cooperate, who talk about worthless things and lead others into the wrong way—mainly those who insist on circumcision to be saved. 11 These people must be stopped, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching things they should not teach, which they do to get rich by cheating people. 12 Even one of their own prophets said, "Cretans are always liars, evil animals, and lazy people who do nothing but eat." 13 The words that prophet said are true. So firmly tell those people they are wrong so they may become strong in the faith, 14 not accepting Jewish false stories and the commands of people who reject the truth. 15 To those who are pure, all things are pure, but to those who are full of sin and do not believe, nothing is pure. Both their minds and their consciences have been ruined.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jewish: 1 Timothy 1:4-7, 2 Timothy 4:4

commandments: Isaiah 29:13, Matthew 15:9, Mark 7:7, Colossians 2:22

turn: Galatians 4:9, 2 Timothy 4:4, Hebrews 12:25, 2 Peter 2:22

Reciprocal: Matthew 15:3 - Why Mark 7:13 - the word 1 Timothy 4:7 - refuse 1 Timothy 6:20 - avoiding 2 Timothy 2:16 - shun Titus 3:9 - avoid Hebrews 13:9 - not with 2 Peter 1:16 - we have

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the sky and the earth.
Genesis 1:2
The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God's Spirit was moving over the water.
Genesis 1:3
Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
Genesis 1:4
God saw that the light was good, so he divided the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:6
Then God said, "Let there be something to divide the water in two."
Genesis 1:7
So God made the air and placed some of the water above the air and some below it.
Genesis 1:8
God named the air "sky." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry land will appear." And it happened.
Genesis 1:12
The earth produced plants with grain for seeds and trees that made fruits with seeds in them. Each seed grew its own kind of plant. God saw that all this was good.
Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night. These lights will be used for signs, seasons, days, and years.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Not giving heed to Jewish fables,.... Concerning God himself, the angels, and the creation of man; concerning the giving of the law at Mount Sinai; concerning the Messiah and his earthly kingdom, and the feast that will be made for the righteous in his days, which will consist of flesh, fish, and fowl, Behemoth, Leviathan, and Zuz, and of wine kept in the grape from the foundation of the world; and concerning the rolling of the dead through the caverns of the earth at the resurrection, with a multitude of other things which were traditionally received.

And commandments of men: the traditions of the elders, which the Jews charged the disciples of Christ with the transgression of; and he, on the other hand, very justly reproached them with breaking the commands of God, by attending to them, Matthew 15:1. These were the laws and traditions of the fathers, which the Apostle Paul was brought up in, and was zealous of, before his conversion, Acts 22:3 and which these judaizing preachers and professors, he here has respect to, were fond of, though they were made by men,

that turn from the truth; or "hate it", as the Syriac version renders it; who were enemies unto it, as Hillell and Shammai, the heads of the traditional doctors, and as the Jews, and their Rabbins in general were; and therefore their commandments, of all men, should not be given heed to, by those that bear the Christian name.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Not giving heed to Jewish fables ... - See the notes at 1 Timothy 1:4.

And commandments of men that turn from the truth - Notes, Matthew 15:3-5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. Not giving heed to Jewish fables — See on 1 Timothy 1:4; 1 Timothy 4:7.

Commandments of men — The injunctions of the scribes and Pharisees, which they added to the law of God.

That turn from the truth. — For such persons made the word of God of none effect by their traditions. Sometimes the verb αποστρεφομαι signifies to be averse from, slight, or despise. So, here, the persons in question despised the truth, and taught others to do the same.


 
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