Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:2
2. Speaking lies In the Greek a single noun, lie-utterers. And the whole should read, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, of (or by) those in hypocrisy, speaking lies, (to others,) being seared (or rather, branded) in their own conscience. The some are the followers, as the lie-utterers are the leaders of the apostasy, who are inspired by the seducing spirits, and their teachings are demoniac doctrines. The best commentators understand, not seared, by... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:1
1. Now Greek, but, contrastive between the incarnation and matter-hating Gnosticism. The Spirit The divine inspirer of all prophecy. The apostle does not here refer to any written prophecy, although the same essential prophecy we now have at any rate in the epistles of John. He had himself briefly uttered the same prediction to the elders of Ephesus in Acts 20:29-30. He had written to the Thessalonians (2 Thessalonians 2:7, where see notes) cognate predictions. The Spirit, therefore, is... read more