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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 Thessalonians 2 Timothy
1 Timothy 3
Verse 1. He desireth a good work - An excellent, but labourious,
employment.
Verse
2. Therefore - That he may be capable of it. A bishop - Or pastor
of a congregation. Must be blameless - Without fault or just
suspicion. The husband of one wife - This neither means that a
bishop must be married, nor that he may not marry a second wife;
which it is just as lawful for him to do as to marry a first, and may
in some cases be his bounden duty. But whereas polygamy and
divorce on slight occasions were common both among the Jews
and heathens, it teaches us that ministers, of all others, ought to
stand clear of those sins. Vigilant, prudent - Lively and zealous,
yet calm and wise. Of good behaviour - Naturally flowing from
that vigilance and prudence.
Verse
4. Having his children in subjection with all seriousness - For
levity undermines all domestic authority; and this direction, by a
parity of reason, belongs to all parents.
Verse
6. Lest being puffed up - With this new honour, or with the
applause which frequently follows it. He fall into the
condemnation of the devil - The same into which the devil fell.
Verse
7. He ought also to have a good report - To have had a fair
character in time past. From them that are without - That are not
Christians. Lest he fall into reproach - By their rehearsing his
former life, which might discourage and prove a snare to him.
Verse
8. Likewise the deacons must be serious - Men of a grave, decent,
venerable behaviour. But where are presbyters? Were this order
essentially distinct from that of bishops, could the apostle have
passed it over in silence? Not desirous of filthy gain - With what
abhorrence does he everywhere speak of this! All that is gained
(above food and raiment) by ministering in holy things is filthy
gain indeed; far more filthy than what is honestly gained by
raking kennels, or emptying common sewers.
Verse
9. Holding fast the faith in a pure conscience - Steadfast in faith,
holy in heart and life.
Verse
10. Let these be proved first - Let a trial be made how they
believe. Then let them minister - Let them be fixed in that office.
Verse
11. Faithful in all things - Both to God, their husbands, and the
poor.
Verse
13. They purchase a good degree - Or step, toward some higher
office. And much boldness - From the testimony of a good
conscience.
Verse
15. That thou mayest know how to behave - This is the scope of
the epistle. In the house of God - Who is the master of the family.
Which is - As if he had said, By the house of God, I mean the
church.
Verse
16. The mystery of godliness - Afterwards specified in six
articles, which sum up the whole economy of Christ upon earth. Is
the pillar and ground - The foundation and support of all the truth
taught in his church. God was manifest in the flesh - In the form
of a servant, the fashion of a man, for three and thirty years.
Justified by the Spirit - Publicly "declared to be the Son of God,"
by his resurrection from the dead. Seen - Chiefly after his
resurrection. By angels - Both good and bad. Preached among the
gentiles - This elegantly follows. The angels were the least, the
gentiles the farthest, removed from him; and the foundation both
of this preaching and of their faith was laid before his assumption.
Was believed on in the world - Opposed to heaven, into which he
was taken up. The first point is, He was manifested in the flesh;
the last, He was taken up into glory.
Chapter 3:
| Darby
| Geneva
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| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Johnson
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 Thessalonians 2 Timothy
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