Shortly (εν ταχε). Old idiom (locative case of ταχος, quickness, speed). See Ro 16:20. A pseudonymous writer would hardly have put…

These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly. (1 Timothy 3:14) That is, he hoped to come there to give instructi…

These things write I unto thee.—“These things” probably referred only to the directions respecting the special qualificat…

Paul was hoping to visit Timothy soon. But just in case he was delayed, he wants his young associate to know “how people ought to conduct themselve…

These things I write to thee He holds out to Timothy the hope of his coming, partly to encourage him and partly to repress the insolence o…

These things I write to you
Concerning the offices of bishops and deacons, their several qualifications, and the rul…

The church is the house of God; He dwells there. The church upholds the Scripture and the doctrine of Christ, as a pillar displays a proclamation. …

1. Above, the Apostle showed what the character of deacons and their wives should be; here he shows how deacons should behave toward their w…