Forbidding to marry (κωλυοντων γαμειν). Present active participle of common verb κωλυω, to hinder, genitive case agreeing with ψευ…

Forbidding to marry. That is, "They will depart from the faith through the hypocritical teaching—of those who forbid to marry." (See Barne…

Forbidding to marry.—This strange and unnatural “counsel of perfection,” St. Paul, thinking and writing in the Spirit, foresaw as …

Paul now mentions two of their false teachings: forbidding marriage and ordering people “to abstain from certain foods.” This ascetic emphasis crep…

Forbidding to marry. Having described the class, he next mentions two instances: namely, the prohibition of marriage and of some kinds of …

Forbidding to marry
Which points out not the Encratites, Montanists, and Manichees, who spoke against marriage; but …

The Holy Spirit, both in the Old and the New Testament, spoke of a general turning from the faith of Christ, and the pure worship of God. This was …

1. Previously, the Apostle instructed Timothy on matters concerning the Church’s disposition in spiritual things: the teachings of the faith…