1 Timothy 1:12-20 NKJV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:17

Now unto the King eternal - This burst of thanksgiving and gratitude to God, naturally arose from the subject then under his pen and eye. God has most wondrously manifested his mercy, in this beginning of the Gospel, by saving me, and making me a pattern to all them that shall hereafter believe on Christ. He is βασιλευς των αιωνων , the king of eternities; the eternity a parte ante , and the eternity a parte post ; the eternity that was before time was, and the eternity that shall be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18

This charge - See the note on 1 Timothy 1:5 . It was a charge that the Judaizing teachers should not teach differently from that doctrine which the apostle had delivered to him. See 1 Timothy 1:3 . According to the prophecies - This may refer to some predictions by inspired men, relative to what Timothy should be: and he wishes him to act in all things conformably to those predictions. It was predicted that he should have this high and noble calling; but his behavior in that calling... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:19

Holding faith - All the truths of the Christian religion, firmly believing them, and fervently proclaiming them to others. And a good conscience - So holding the truth as to live according to its dictates, that a good conscience may be ever preserved. As the apostle had just spoken of the Christian's warfare, so he here refers to the Christian armor, especially to the shield and breastplate; the shield of faith, and the breastplate of righteousness. See on Ephesians 6:13 , etc.,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:20

Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander - Who had the faith but thrust it away; who had a good conscience through believing, but made shipwreck of it. Hence we find that all this was not only possible, but did actually take place, though some have endeavored to maintain the contrary; who, confounding eternity with a state of probation, have supposed that if a man once enter into the grace of God in this life, he must necessarily continue in it to all eternity. Thousands of texts and thousands of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12

Verse 12 12I give thanks Great is the dignity — of the apostleship, which Paul has claimed for himself; and he could not, looking at his former life, be accounted at all worthy of so high an honor. Accordingly, that he may not be accused of presumption, he comes unavoidably to make mention of his own person, and at once frankly acknowledges his own unworthiness, but nevertheless affirms that he is an Apostle by the grace of God. But he goes further, and turns to his own advantage what appeared... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:13

Verse 13 13. Who was formerly a blasphemer and persecutor; a blasphemer against God, a persecutor and oppressor against the Church. We see how candidly he acknowledges that it might be brought against him as a reproach, and how far he is from extenuating his sins, and how, by willingly acknowledging his unworthiness, he magnifies the greatness of the grace of God. Not satisfied with having called himself a “persecutor,” he intended to express more fully his rage and cruelty by an additional... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:14

Verse 14 14And the grace of our Lord He again magnifies the grace of God towards himself, not only for the purpose of removing the dislike of it and testifying his gratitude, but also to employ it as a shield against the slanders of wicked men, whose whole design was to bring down his apostleship to a lower level. When he says that it abounded, and that, too, beyond measure, the statement implies that the remembrance of past transactions was effaced, and so completely swallowed up, that it was... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:15

Verse 15 15It is a faithful saying After having defended his ministry from slander and unjust accusations, not satisfied with this, he turns to his own advantage what might have been brought against him by his adversaries as a reproach. He shews that it was profitable to the Church that he had been such a person as he actually was before he was called to the apostleship, because Christ, by giving him as a pledge, invited all sinners to the sure hope of obtaining pardon. For when he, who had... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:16

Verse 16 16That in me the first Jesus Christ might shew When he calls himself the first, he alludes to what he had said a little before, that he was the first (26) among sinners and, therefore, this word means “chiefly,” or, “above all.” The Apostle’s meaning is, that, from the very beginning, God held out such a pattern as might be visible from a conspicuous and lofty platform, that no one might doubt that he would obtain pardon, provided that he approached to Christ by faith. And, indeed, the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:17

Verse 17 17Now to the King eternal His amazing vehemence at length breaks out into this exclamation; because he could not find words to express his gratitude; for those sudden bursts occur chiefly when we are constrained to break off the discourse, in consequence of being overpowered by the vastness of the subject. And is there anything more astonishing than Paul’s conversion? Yet, at the same time, by his example he reminds us all that we ought never to think of the grace manifested in God’s... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:17

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