Clarkes Commentary. Verse 1 Timothy 4:3. Forbidding to marry — These hypocritical priests pretending that a single life was much more favourable to devotion, and to the perfection of the Christian life. This sentiment was held by the Essenes, a religious sect among the Jews; and we know that it is a favourite opinion among the Romanists, who 2Timothy 4:5. But watch thou in all things. Relating to himself, his doctrine, and conversation; and to others, to feed the flock of God under his care, to know the state of them, and care for them; to give the time of night, and notice of approaching danger, and see the laws of Christ put in execution; either in allusion to shepherds, who 2Timothy 2:3-4King James Version. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. Read full chapter. 2Timothy 4:4. The ears serve as a passage through which the truth may reach the understanding and the heart. Those who starve their understanding and heart have no use for the truth, and do not, as they would say, waste hearing power on it. Mark 7:35, and the significance of Bengel’s comment, ‘non unus in aure meatus. 2Timothy 2:3-4New International Version. Update. 3 Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer. Read full chapter. fpgC. _debbysashon January 10, 2024: "No gree for negativity! Philippians 4:8 Focus on positive and uplifting thoughts. Instead of agr" 1Timothy 3:4. ESV He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, NIV He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. NASB He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity. 2Timothy 4:3. For the time will come. This is a reason of the solemn charge above given: the time referred to was future, when the apostle wrote, but quickly came on; and the 2Timothy 4:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) 3 For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new. Verse5. 2 Timothy 4:5.A general exhortation summing up the particulars already mentioned. σὺ δέ ] see 2 Timothy 3:10.. νῆφε ἐν πᾶσι ] νήφειν , synonymous with γρηγορεῖν , 1 Thessalonians 5:6, and σωφρονεῖν , 1 Peter 4:7, opposite of “be intoxicated;” it denotes the clear prudence in thought and action which it is all the more necessary for

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