1 Timóteo 4
Albert Barnes · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 Timóteo 4
Barnes says: The leading object of this chapter is to state to Timothy certain things of which he was constantly to remind the church. And having done this, the apostle gives him some directions about his personal deportment. (1 Timothy 4 Commentary) But - Term of contrast which takes us back to: 1 Ti 3:13 " For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus." Guy King - Great and glorious things have been unfolded at the close of the previous chapter. Here is it all so different. It is as if we had been traversing a lovely road full of fine houses and beautiful gardens and then turned a corner into a lane of dirty, tumbledown slum property, abounding in weeds and rank disfigurement. "But" is to me always, for good or ill, the corner word of scripture. Timothy will find much of good cheer and encouragement in his oversight, but let him beware, there will be also things that are ugly and evil. (A Leader Led) Hiebert says: The opening "but" introduces a contrast between the sublime mystery of redemption which the church confesses as the norm of Christian faith (1 Ti 3:16) and the coming departure from the faith of which the Spirit warns. Timothy must carry on his work in the clear consciousness of this grim prospect. (1 Timothy) The Spirit (pneuma) explicitly (clearly, unmistakably, distinctly made known) (present tense - continually) says - Paul pens the words, but they are inspired by the Holy Spirit (cf 2 Pe 1:21+) Explicitly is retos used only here and means expressly ("without disguise" like the deceiving spirits!) and pertains to what the Spirit has stated as being precisely the case (passages like Da 7:25+ may be in view). "The Spirit was saying this expressly in stated terms but Paul does not give the specific means by which the prediction was made.. There was neither doubt nor vagueness about it." (Hendriksen) Jesus gave a similar warning to His disciples in Mt 24:4-12+ (cf 2 Th 2:3-12+). The fact that the Spirit continually speaks would suggest that this could be a reference to His speaking through the apostles. Either way, it is a warning calling for watching! As an aside, it is worth noting that the Holy (hagios) Spirit (pneuma) spoke in many passages in the New Testament Hebrews 9:8+ = "The Holy Spirit is signifying this" Hebrews 10:15+ = "the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying" Matthew 10:20+ = "but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you" Matthew 22:43+ = "Then how does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord"; Mark 12:36+ = "David himself said in the Holy Spirit" Acts 1:16+ = "the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas"; Acts 28:25+ = "The Holy Spirit rightly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers" 1 Timothy 4:1+ = "But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times..." Revelation 2:7+ = "let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches" Also in Rev 2:11 Rev 2:17 Rev 2:29 Rev 3:6 Rev 3:13 Rev 3:22 (IN THE OT) 2 Sa 23:2+ = "The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me" Barnes says: It was not by mere hints and symbols and shadowy images of the future. It was in an open and plain manner, in so many words. The object of this statement seems to be to call the attention of Timothy to it in an emphatic manner and to show the importance of attending to it. (1 Timothy 4 Commentary) A T
1 Timóteo 4
Barnes says: It is good in its place; good for the purpose for which he made it. But it should not be inferred that a thing which is poisonous in its nature is good for food, because it is a creation of God. It is good only in its place, and for the ends for which he intended it. Nor should it be inferred that what God has made is necessarily good after it has been perverted by man. As God made it originally, it might have been used without injury. (1 Timothy 4 Commentary) Created (2938) ktisma from ktízo = to create, form or found) describes that which is created. A created thing. A creature. BDAG - product of creative action, that which is created (by God), creature (created by God)." Vine adds "ktisis is the usual word; ktisma especially marks the creature as the concrete thing, the product of a creative act; ktisis often has this meaning, but primarily stresses the creative act in its process, e.g., Romans 1:20 and Galatians 6:15. Ktisma is probably used here to lay stress on the creature as being the handiwork of God." 4v - 1 Tim. 4:4; Jas. 1:18; Rev. 5:13; Rev. 8:9 And nothing is to be rejected if it is (present tense = continually) received with gratitude - Nothing is oudeis meaning absolutely nothing. Rejected is the verbal adjective apobletos (only here in Scripture - apo = away from + ballo = to throw) which literally means thrown off or thrown away as worthless. Instead of being rejected it is to be received with an attitude of gratitude (eucharistia), a rendering of thanks. This passage gives a vindication for saying grace at meals. Vine points out that "The commandments issued by the errorists against whom the apostle is speaking were a slur upon God’s character, and a hindrance to the full enjoyment of the effects of the believers’ relation to Him." (Collected Writings) Vine on received with gratitude - the Lord invariably gave thanks before giving food to others, e.g., Matthew 15:36; Mark 8:6; John 6:11, 23, where the repetition marks it with special emphasis; cp. Luke 22:19; 1 Corinthians 11:24. That this was the invariable practice of believers to do so for their food, as received from God, is clear from Acts 27:35; Romans 14:6; 1 Corinthians 10:30, and here in 1 Timothy 4:4, 5 it is laid down as the will of God and as conditional for His blessing. Let no believer ever fail to do so in public or private, and let not the thanksgiving be a mere repetition of customary words, or a formal thing degenerating into lip-service, but let it be the outpouring of the heart in deep gratitude to the giver. (Collected Writings) Mark 7:15+ there is nothing (oudeis) outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man. Romans 14:14+ I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing (oudeis) is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.