1 Timothy 1:1-16 WEB

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:3

As I besought thee to abide, still at Ephesus ,.... Where it seems he now was, being left here by the apostle, and where he was desired by him to continue: when I went into Macedonia ; not when he went his first journey there, for Timothy was then along with him, Acts 16:3 and so he seems to be in his journey through it, in Acts 20:3 . It may be this may refer to a journey which Luke has given no account of: that thou mightest charge some, that they teach no other doctrine ; than... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:4

Neither give heed to fables ,.... Old wives' fables, 1 Timothy 4:7 or Jewish fables, Titus 1:14 the traditions of the elders; anything that was not true; or if it was, yet idle, vain, trifling, and unprofitable: and endless genealogies ; not of deities, as the Theogony of the Gentiles, or the ten Sephirot or numbers in the Cabalistic tree of the Jews, or the Aeones of the Gnostics and Valentinians, which are said to proceed from one another, as some have thought; but both the public... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:5

Now the end of the commandment is charity ,.... By the "commandment" may be meant, the order given to Timothy, or the charge committed to him; see 1 Timothy 1:18 to forbid the teaching of another doctrine, and to avoid fables and endless genealogies; the end and design of which was to cultivate peace, to maintain and secure brotherly love, which cannot long subsist, when a different doctrine is introduced and received; and to promote godly edification, which is brought about by charity or... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:6

From which some having swerved ,.... The apostle, in this verse and the next, describes the persons he suspected of teaching other doctrines, and of introducing fables and endless genealogies; they were such who departed from the above things; they erred from the commandment, or law, notwithstanding their great pretensions to a regard unto it; at least they missed the mark, the end and design of it; they went astray from that, and instead of promoting charity or love, created feuds,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:7

Desiring to be teachers of the law ,.... They were very fond of being called Rabbi, Rabbi, and styled doctors of the law, and of being thought to have skill in interpreting the law, and good talents in expounding it, and preaching upon it; which was now most in vogue, and gained the greatest applause, when the preaching of the Gospel was treated with contempt, not only by the unbelieving Jews, but by judaizing Christians, and carnal professors, Understanding neither what they say, nor... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:8

But we know that the law is good ,.... The apostle says this to prevent an objection that might be made to him, that seeing he bore so hard on such who were fond of being teachers of the law, he was himself against the law, and the preaching and proper use of it; but this he would not have concluded, for he and his fellow labourers in the ministry, and all true believers know, from the Scriptures of truth, from the agreement of the law with the Gospel, and from their own experience, that the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:9

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man ,.... No man is naturally righteous since Adam, excepting the man Christ Jesus: some that are righteous in their own opinion, and in the esteem of others, are not truly and really so; none are righteous, or can be justified in the sight of God by the works of the law; those only are righteous men, who are made so through the imputation of Christ's righteousness to them: and such a righteous man is here intended, who believes in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:10

For whoremongers ,.... Fornicators and adulterers, who were transgressors of the seventh command, Exodus 20:14 these God will judge, and such shall have their portion in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone: for them that defile themselves with mankind ; who are guilty of sodomy; such, according to the law, were to die, Leviticus 18:22 the wrath of God was revealed from heaven in a very visible and remarkable manner against this abomination, by raining fire and brimstone upon... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:11

According to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God ,.... For no doctrine is sound, but what is agreeable to that: this is a very great encomium of the Gospel. The doctrine preached by the apostles was not only Gospel, or good news, and glad tidings, but the Gospel of God; of which he is the author, and which relates to his glory, the glory of all his perfections; which reveals his purposes, shows his covenant, and exhibits the blessings and promises of it; and is the Gospel of the blessed... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:12

And I thank Jesus Christ our Lord , &c.; l The subject matter of this thanksgiving being the apostle's call to the ministry of the word, and his furniture and fitness for it, shows, that while others were fond of being teachers, and called doctors of the law, he esteemed it an high honour and special favour bestowed upon him, that he was a preacher of the Gospel; and that all his gifts and abilities for it were not of himself, nor from men, but were owing to the free grace of God, and... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:12

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