1 Timothy 6:14

1 Timothy 6:14

12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus ^awho witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

14 that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing,

15 which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only¹ Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in ^aunapproachable light, ^bwhom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.

Instructions to the Rich

17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain ^ariches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things ^bto enjoy.

18 Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share,

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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keep this commandment—Greek, "the commandment," that is, the Gospel rule of life (I Timothy 1:5; John 13:34; II Peter 2:21; II Peter 3:2).

without spot, unrebukeable—agreeing with "thou." Keep the commandment and so be without spot," etc. "Pure" (I Timothy 5:22; Ephesians 5:27; James 1:27; II Peter 3:14).

until the appearing of . . . Christ—His coming in person (II Thessalonians 2:8; Titus 2:13). Believers then used in their practice to set before themselves the day of Christ as near at hand; we, the hour of death [BENGEL]. The fact has in all ages of the Church been certain, the time as uncertain to Paul, as it is to us; hence, I Timothy 6:15, he says, "in HIS times": the Church's true attitude is that of continual expectation of her Lord's return (I Corinthians 1:8; Philippians 1:6, Philippians 1:10).

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