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THE HOLY BIBLE (Darby Translation) Darby's Notes on 1 Timothy
Chapter Selection:

1:1b Christ

Or, according to some authorities, 'Christ Jesus.'

1:2c our

Or 'the.'

1:4d which

' Not merely a relative pronoun, stating the fact, but the character. They are such as do so.

1:4e dispensation

See Note l, Col. 1:25.

1:5f enjoined

This refers to ver. 3.

1:5g faith

i.e. 'love out of a pure heart and (out of) a good conscience and (out of) unfeigned faith.'

1:6h missed

As ch. 6:21.

1:9i application

A technical word for the enactment of a law, its being in force.

1:12k thank

Or 'I am thankful to him who has given me power (dunamis), Christ Jesus our Lord.'

1:12a him

Or 'appointing me to ministry (diakonia), who.'

1:16b of

As 'outline,' 2Tim. 1:13. It is a mistake to confine delineation to long-suffering, and so make 'of' mean 'for:' 'for those,' &c. Paul was a delineation of Christ's ways in their case, even, I doubt not, in the case of the rebellious Jews hereafter: the whole long-suffering was in Paul's case, so as to picture every case. In those who companied with Christ when alive this was not so, though the grace was really the same; but there was not the same showing forth of it.

1:18c charge

As 'enjoin,' vers. 3, 5.

1:18d that

I have left the ambiguity as in Greek. I apprehend the series of ideas in the apostle's mind is: he commits -- in order that; but he refers to the prophecies -- that by them. The 'as to thee' is more closely connected with prophecies.

1:19e maintaining

Or 'holding fast,' as 2Tim. 1:13.

1:19f faith

The word 'faith' embraces two ideas: doctrine, as taught of God and received; and subjectively the state of soul. If I have cast off the faith, the doctrine and the state of soul are both gone. Here 'faith' (first time) is the inward energy of grace which holds fast the truth. The two are not separated, but the state of the soul is first in the apostle's mind. In the second, they, having put away a good conscience, did not hold fast the faith, but lost it in some way thus objectively. In this second case, there is the article in Greek, which does not exclude faith in the soul, but leads the mind to the faith. In English 'the faith' would be too absolute or merely doctrinal.

2:1g intercessions

Personal and confiding intercourse with God on the part of one able to approach him, as Rom. 8:27, 34; Heb. 7:25.

2:4h knowledge

Epignosis, as Col. 1:10, where it is translated 'true knowledge.' It is that which acknowledges the truth of a thing, and to know the truth thus suggests possession of it. But 'full knowledge' here would hardly be an appropriate translation, as it would imply a contrast with 'partial knowledge.'

2:5i mediator

Or 'there is one God and one mediator.'

2:6k for

Antilutron huper: a ransom in place of.

2:7l herald

Or 'preacher,' as 2Tim. 1:11; 2Pet. 2:5.

2:8m men

i.e. men in contrast to women.

2:8a pious

Hosios, as 'holy,' Heb. 7:26.

2:9b dress

The whole deportment; the way in which the woman presents herself, of which dress is a sign.

2:9c discretion

i.e. 'sobriety' or with 'sound mind;' so ver. 15, as Rom. 12:3; 2Tim. 1:7.

2:12d man

Or 'a man.' It is in contrast with women, as in ver. 8.

2:14e deceived

A strong form of the word, but scriptural Greek often adds strengthening prepositions with the force little changed: see Rom. 7:11; 16:18; 1Cor. 3:18; 2Cor. 11:3; 2Thess. 2:3, where the same Greek word is used.

2:15f holiness

Hagiasmos. See Note i at Rom. 1:4.

3:2g discreet

i.e. 'of sound mind,' as ch. 2:9.

3:6h fault

Krima is the subject-matter of which a person had to be accused. They set up the krima of the Lord on the cross; that for which he came into accusation -- the charge. So it is used here. The devil was puffed up with his own excellency, and abode not in the truth. Hence, in a strongly taken sense, our word 'crime.' See also Note on 1Cor. 11:29.

3:8i Ministers, 3:12i ministers

Diakonos, 'servants' or 'deacons:' see Rom. 16:1 and 1Cor. 4:1.

3:10k minister, 3:13k ministered

Diakoneo, to serve, as servants or deacons.

3:14l quickly

More quickly than the writing of the letter supposed; but in case he delayed he wrote. The verse refers to his fears of being delayed.

3:16m God

I do not enter on the criticism of this text. It very likely should read 'He who has,' &c.

3:16a to

Or 'has been seen of.'

4:2b speaking

Or, perhaps, 'through those who speak lies,' &c. Otherwise, as translated in text, the Spirit identifies the speaker and the evil spirit which speaks by him, as commonly in the New Testament, and passes from one to the other.

4:3c know

Or 'acknowledge:' from the same root as 'knowledge' in ch. 2:4.

4:5d addressing

It means 'intercourse with a person,' then 'petitions and intercession;' one person speaking personally to another. (See Note, ch. 2:1, same Greek word.) The creature, fallen through Adam, belongs to the faithful, and those who know the truth, by God's speaking to them, and their freely speaking to him. This has set all on a new footing, because we have met God again, the word of God having put us into communication by grace. And the 'faithful, and those who know the truth,' have availed themselves of it, and come and enter into intercourse. It is no longer by nature, but by the word of God.

4:6e minister

Or 'servant,' diakonos, as ch. 3:8.

4:6f up

Or 'been thoroughly acquainted with:' see Luke 1:3; 2Tim. 3:10.

4:8g little

That is, 'some small thing,' rather than 'a little time.' It is in evident contrast with 'everything.'

4:12h conduct

Or 'conversation,' i.e. manner of life.

4:13i reading

Or 'reading out' (to others).

4:14k of

See Note r, Heb. 2:3.

4:15l them

Compare Luke 2:49, 'be occupied in.'

5:13a houses

The word 'people's' is not in the original, but has been added to represent the article in the Greek. It means 'going from house to house.'

5:14b respect

Or 'by reason of.' The sense is, the favour borne to anything; sometimes it is an object, sometimes a pleasing motive. The adversary found in the reproach a motive to exercise his hostility. As to 'adversary,' the habit of Paul is to speak thus of Satan directly when acting through men, because he knew the activity of the adversary, and the part he takes in such matters. To such an adversary reproach is a favoured, accepted motive.

5:18c says

See Deut. 25:4.

5:18d hire

See Luke 10:7.

5:20e convict

Or 'reprove.' Elenko; to bring home a fault demonstratively to a man's conscience; 'to put to shame,' 'conquer,' 'rebuke,' but with conviction: see Note d, John 3:20.

6:1f masters

Despotes: see Acts 4:24; 'serve,' ver. 2, is douleuo.

6:2a faithful

Or 'believing,' the same as in the beginning of the verse.

6:5b piety

'Withdraw from such,' as A.V., omitted as having but little MS. authority.

6:8c content

Or 'let us be satisfied.'

6:9d desire

'Desire' includes the idea of purpose here.

6:10e the

There is no article in the Greek. It is not that there is no other root, but the love of money is characterized by being such.

6:12f faith

Or 'combat of the faith.'

6:12g hold

As 'seize,' Acts 16:19; 'caught hold,' Matt. 14:31.

6:15h time

Lit. 'times,' as ch. 2:6.

6:21i missed

'To miss the mark,' or 'not give heed to;' it is to fail in shooting, and metaphorically in one's purpose, or to have erred. See ch. 1:6 and 2Tim. 2:18.