Αποτελέσματα Αναζήτησης
1. (1 Timothy 6:1) A word to slaves in general. Let as many bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed. a.
- Matthew Henry
1. Timothy must charge those that are rich to beware of the...
- Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
CONCLUDING EXHORTATION. 1. servants --to be taken as...
- Matthew Henry
1. Timothy must charge those that are rich to beware of the temptations, and improve the opportunities, of their prosperous estate. (1.) He must caution them to take heed of pride. This is a sin that easily besets rich people, upon whom the world smiles.
CONCLUDING EXHORTATION. 1. servants --to be taken as predicated thus, "Let as many as are under the yoke (as) slaves" ( Tts 2:9 ). The exhortation is natural as there was a danger of Christian slaves inwardly feeling above their heathen masters.
David Guzik commentary on 1 Timothy 6, where Paul warns Timothy about the danger of riches for the Christian, and where he exalts God above all.
Here is a tremendous lesson. It is the proof that neither men nor the world nor society can be reformed by force and by legislation. The reform must come through the slow penetration of the Spirit of Christ into the human situation. Things have to happen in God's time, not in ours.
Mentioning the value of godliness when accompanied by contentment, Paul warns of the need to be content with food and clothing, and the danger facing those who desire to be rich (6-10). Timothy is then charged to flee such things and to pursue things becoming a man of God.
Verse 1. Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters as worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed. Let as many as are under the yoke … How many were these?
