Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter
the Fourth Week after Easter
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Bible Commentaries
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Bibliographical Information
Abbott, John S. C. & Abbott, Jacob. "Commentary on 1 Timothy 4". "Abbott's Illustrated New Testament". https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/ain/1-timothy-4.html. 1878.
Abbott, John S. C. & Abbott, Jacob. "Commentary on 1 Timothy 4". "Abbott's Illustrated New Testament". https://studylight.org/
Whole Bible (47)New Testament (19)Individual Books (13)
Verse 1
Verse 1
Doctrines of devils; corrupt and wicked doctrines.
Verse 2
Verse 2
Seared with a hot iron; hardened to sin.
Verse 3
Verse 3
Forbidding, &c.; that is, enjoining self-imposed penances and mortifications, as a mode of obtaining the favor of God. There has been, in all ages of the church, a great tendency to this error.
Verse 7
Verse 7
Refuse; reject.--Old wives' fables; nursery tales, which can only please the merest children in religious knowledge.--Rather unto godliness, that is, to moral and spiritual purity, rather than outward sanctity, sought through self-inflicted mortification.
Verse 8
Verse 8
Bodily exercise; the training of the body to privations and hardships, as specified above.--Godliness; holiness of heart.
Verse 10
Verse 10
Who is the Savior of all men; inasmuch as he offers salvation to all.
Verse 12
Verse 12
Let no man despise thy youth; that is, let your life and conversation be such that they will not.
Verse 14
Verse 14
The gift; the ministerial office.--By prophecy; by divine direction.--The presbytery; the eldership, referring to those older than himself in the ministerial work, by whom he was solemnly inducted to the office.
Verse 15
Verse 15
Thy profiting; thy spiritual advancement and welfare.