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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Timothy 1:15

1 Timothy 1:15This is a faithful saying.The gospel in a sentenceI. The mission of the Son of God is here set forth--He “came into the world.” This expression would be an extravagance if it referred only to ordinary human parentage. The pre-existence of our Lord in a higher state was unquestionably an accepted axiom among the early Christians, a commonplace of primitive Christian belief; and we, believing in His deity, offer Him our lowly adoration as well as our thanks and love.II. The purpose... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Timothy 1:16

1 Timothy 1:16Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy.Praise for salvationThe narration of personal experience may be very helpful to those who are wanting instruction or sympathy. Men are better able to grasp truth in the concrete than in the abstract. To see a sinner saved from sin is more helpful than to read of salvation. No one recognized this more clearly, or acted on it more wisely, than Paul; and some of the most instructive parts of his Epistles are those in which he recounts his own... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Timothy 1:17

1 Timothy 1:17Now unto the King eternal The King of the Ages“The King eternal,” or, literally, as in the margin of the Revised Version, “The King of the Ages,” words which do not simply tell us something about the King, but also give us some account of His rule; and put into the hands of Faith a key to the highest positions of modern thought and science.For in all their realms--of matter, mind, and spirit--there is one common element, viz., Law. Whether we look around us, or within, order and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Timothy 1:18

1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit unto thee.Timothy’s charge and warningThe “charge” to which Paul alludes does not refer to what he said in the third and fifth verses, but points on to what follows--to that good warfare which Timothy was summoned to undertake against evil.I. The chance, of which Timothy was reminded--1. Had been indicated by inspired prophets in the Church. Very significantly Paul says these prophecies “went before on thee”; that is, they were not only uttered upon, or over... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Timothy 1:19

1 Timothy 1:19Holding faith, and a good conscience.Faith and a good conscienceI. What they are:--1. Faith. The term is in the Scriptures applied both to the revealed truth which a disciple believes, and to his act in believing it. Faith is objective, or subjective. It is at one time the truth which you grasp, and at another time your grasp of the truth. Both in the Scriptures and in their own nature these two are closely interwoven together. It is impossible everywhere to preserve and mark the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:6

6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; Ver. 6. Some having swerved ] αστοχησαντες . "Having missed the mark," as unskilful shooters, being "heavenly wide," as Sir Philip Sidney translateth that proverb, Toto errant caelo. Having turned aside unto vain jangling ] Ignoble quarrels, ubi vincere inglorium est, atteri sordidum, wherein a man cannot quit himself so as to come off with credit or comfort. (Mr Burroughs.) Mr Deal never loved to meddle with... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:7

7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. Ver. 7. Understanding neither what ] Non curo illos, saith Augustine, qui vel non intelligendo reprehendunt, vel reprehendendo non intelligunt. I pass not for the censures of such as dare to reprehend what they do not comprehend. Nor whereof they affirm ] And are therefore to be slighted. Galatinus (saith Mr Sarson), as he affirmeth without reason, so he may be dismissed without refutation. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:8

8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; Ver. 8. If a man use it lawfully ] For discovery of sin, for manuduction to Christ, and for a rule of life. Lex, lux, Proverbs 6:23 . Xenophon telleth us, that this was the drift of the Persian laws, to keep men from acting, yea, from coveting, anything evil or idle, κειται . read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:9

9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, Ver. 9. Is not made for a righteous ] For he is freed by Christ from the coaction, malediction, and irritation of the law. The law lieth not upon the righteous (so the Greek soundeth), it urgeth not upon them, as it doth upon the wicked. To these it is as chains and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:10

10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; Ver. 10. For menstealers ] That steal away other men’s children; so those that steal other men’s books and writings, and set them out in their own name; as one dealt by Diagoras, who thereupon, out of discontent (because he that had done it was not presently stricken with a thunderbolt), became an atheist.... read more

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