1 Timothy 6:21
in 1 Timothy 6which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.
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which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you.
KJV
Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.
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This verse in 1 Timothy 6
Commentary
11 notes on this verseWhoever follows mere human reasonings inevitably misses the harmony and the goal of faith. For faith does not admit of intellectual comprehensions. I think the apostle says all this about the Gnostics known at that time, who were filled with every impurity, which he also …
This site's exposition
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you
on 1 Timothy 6:20-21
The letter ends where it began, with the deposit. What has been entrusted to you is the paratheke, a banking word for goods left in safekeeping.
This site's exposition
swerved away from the faith
The letter ends as it began at 1:6, with teachers who missed the mark. Barnes reads the false knowledge of verse 20 as a philosophy that drew professing believers away.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
O Timothy, guard what has been delivered to you, avoiding profane and vain babblings and oppositions of falsely called knowledge, which some professing have strayed concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen. guard what has been delivered to you. Paul says the commandment of …
"Which some professing have erred concerning the faith." You see how again he commands Timothy not even to meet them. "Avoiding opposition." There are therefore oppositions to which we ought not to vouchsafe an answer, because they turn men from faith, and do not suffer one to be firmly established or fixed in it. Let us not then pursue this science, but adhere to faith, that unshaken rock. For neither floods nor winds assailing will be able to harm us, since we stand on the rock immovable.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Which some claiming to have, have erred concerning the faith: every man is become a fool for knowledge which is not of God (Jer 10:14), because he who speaks a lie, speaks from his own (John 8:44); the children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes, …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Which some professing,.... Pretending to be masters of the above science, boasting and making great show of it, and valuing themselves upon it: have erred concerning the faith: have wandered from the way of truth, and gone into the path of error; have fallen from the doctrine of faith, and made shipwreck of it, and become entire apostates: from the danger attending vain jangling, the use of new words, the profession of a false science, and making objections from it against the truth, does the apostle dissuade Timothy from them, since they generally issue in apostasy. Grace be with thee.
They must think themselves the more obliged to serve them because the faith and love that bespeak men Christians oblige them to do good; and that is all wherein their service consists. Observe, It is a great encouragement to us in doing our duty to our relations if we have reason to think they are faithful and beloved, and partakers of the benefit, that is, of the benefit of Christianity.
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Which some professing - Evidently some who professed to be true Christians. They were attracted by false philosophy, and soon, as a consequence, were led to deny the doctrines of Christianity. This result has not been uncommon in the world. Have erred concerning the faith - see notes on 1Ti 1:6-7; 1Ti 6:10. Grace be with thee - see the notes, Rom 1:7. On the subscription at the close of this Epistle, see Intro., Section 2. It is, like the other subscriptions at the close of the epistles, of no authority.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
1Ti 2:11) --literally, "missed the mark" (2Ti 3:7, 8). True sagacity is inseparable from faith. Grace--Greek, "the grace," namely, of God, for which we Christians look, and in which we stand [ALFORD]. be with thee--He restricts the salutation to Timothy, as the Epistle was not to be read in public [BENGEL].
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Which some professing - Which inspired knowledge some pretending to, have set up Levitical rites in opposition to the great Christian sacrifice, and consequently have erred concerning the faith - have completely mistaken the whole design of the Gospel. See 1Ti 1:6, 1Ti 1:7. Grace be with thee - May the favor and influence of God be with thee, and preserve thee from these and all other errors! Amen - This word, as in former cases, is wanting in the most ancient MSS. In a majority of cases it appears to have been added by different transcribers nearly in the same way in which we add the word Finis, simply to indicate the end of the work. The subscriptions as usual are various. The following are the most remarkable afforded by the MSS.: - The first to Timothy is completed; the second to Timothy begins. - DE. The First Epistle to Timothy is completed; the second to him begins. - G. The first to Timothy, written from Laodicea. - A. The first to Timothy, written from Ladikia. - Claromont. Written from Laodicea, which is the metropolis of Phrygia. - The first to Timothy, written from Laodicea, which is the metropolis of Phrygia of Pacatiana. - Common Greek Text, and several MSS. Instead of Pacatiana, some have Pancatiana, Capatiana, and Paracatiana. The Versions are not less discordant: - The First Epistle to Timothy, which, was written from Laodicea. - Syr. The Vulgate has no subscription. The end of the epistle. It was written from Laodicea, which is the metropolis of the cities of Phrygia. - Arab. To the man Timothy. - Aethiopic. The First Epistle to Timothy, written from Athens. - Arabic of Erpenius. Written from Athens, and sent by Titus, his disciple. - Coptic. Written from Macedonia. - Auctor Synops. The First Epistle to Timothy is ended. It was written from Laodicea, the metropolis of Phrygia of Pacatiana. […]
The words behind it
7 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἥν | hen | which | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| τινες | tines | some | G5100 → | 528 times |
| ἐπαγγελλόμενοι | epangellomenoi | professing | G1861 → | |
| περὶ | peri | from | G4012 → | 332 times |
| τὴν | ten | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πίστιν | pistin | faith | G4102 → | 242 times |
| ἠστόχησαν.¶ | estochesan | went astray. | G795 → |
ἥνwhich
henG3739 →1405 times
τινεςsome
tinesG5100 →528 times
ἐπαγγελλόμενοιprofessing
epangellomenoiG1861 →
περὶfrom
periG4012 →332 times
τὴνthe
tenG3588 →19766 times
πίστινfaith
pistinG4102 →242 times
ἠστόχησαν.¶went astray.
estochesanG795 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
it leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:9
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 1:19
Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
- Psalms 32:10
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
- 1 Timothy 6:9
Through
Romans 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
it leads to
- Luke 10:19
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
- 1 John 3:8
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the…
- Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Malachi 4:3
Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Zechariah 10:5
They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
- Luke 10:19
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); J. B. Lightfoot, Notes on the Epistles of St Paul; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on 1 Timothy 18; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, COMMENTARY ON 1 TIMOTHY; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 1 Timothy and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on 1 Timothy.