1 Timothy 6:11

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 6:1-21

1 Timothy 6:1-2 . Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, by obeying their commands, for in civil society we are all servants, and have duties which must be discharged. If reverence be not paid to the orders of the master, christianity will be blasphemed. If a servant have a believing master, he is still a servant; and it will be a double shame for him to be punished for idleness or disobedience, or in anywise not doing his best for his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Timothy 6:9-11

1 Timothy 6:9-11But they that will be rich.CovetousnessI. The dangers of this temper of mind are obvious.1. It leads many to deception and dishonesty.2. To get advantage to oneself is a false aim for any Christian life. If you know how insidious these and other perils are, you may well pray: “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”II. Defences against such evils are within our knowledge, and many are finding moral security through using them.1. Watch against the tendency to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Timothy 6:11

1 Timothy 6:11But thou, O man of God.The man of GodI. His relations to God are suggested by the title itself, “man of God.” This had formerly been distinctive of a prophet, and especially of Elijah, the great reformer, who so realized the truth underlying it that he began many a message by the favourite formula, “The Lord God of Israel, before whom I stand.” In Ephesus, Timothy had to take up as decided a stand against prevailing evils as Elijah had maintained in the kingdom of Israel; and he... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:11

11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Ver. 11. But thou, O man of God ] If Timothy were that angel of the Church of Ephesus, Revelation 2:1 , that left his first love (as some think he was), this counsel was but needful. Christ cautions his disciples to beware of worldliness, Luke 21:34 . Flee these things ] Remis velisque, with all thy might, that thou be not tacked with them, taxed for them. Follow after... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Timothy 6:11

But: 2 Timothy 2:22 O man: 1 Timothy 6:20, Deuteronomy 33:1, 1 Samuel 2:27, 1 Samuel 9:6, 1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 13:26, 1 Kings 17:18, 1 Kings 17:24, 1 Kings 20:28, 2 Kings 1:9, 2 Kings 1:13, 2 Kings 5:20, 2 Kings 23:17, 1 Chronicles 23:14, 2 Chronicles 8:14, Nehemiah 12:24, Nehemiah 12:36, Jeremiah 35:4, 2 Timothy 3:17 flee: 1 Corinthians 6:18, 1 Corinthians 10:14, 2 Timothy 2:22 and: 1 Timothy 5:10, Deuteronomy 16:20, Psalms 34:14, Psalms 38:20, Isaiah 51:1, Romans 14:19, 1 Corinthians... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Timothy 6:11

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.But thou, O man of God — Whatever all the world else do. A man of God is either a prophet, a messenger of God, or a man devoted to God; a man of another world.Flee — As from a serpent, instead of coveting these things. Follow after righteousness - The whole image of God; though sometimes this word is used, not in the general, but in the particular, acceptation, meaning only... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:11

2. Final charge, 1 Timothy 6:11-21. 11. But In opposition to the guilty and fatal course of the apostate, mercenary errorist. Man of God The solemn title of the Old Testament prophets, to which Timothy is heir. Deuteronomy 33:1; Joshua 14:6; Judges 13:6; 1 Samuel 9:6. Flee these things The destruction, the thirst for riches from which it proceeds, and the apostate and antichristian, teach… otherwise (1 Timothy 6:3,) from which the whole takes origin. And St. Paul directs not only... read more