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A Mission to Guard the Truth
Commentators explain that Paul left Timothy in Ephesus for a specific, crucial mission: to command certain teachers to stop spreading a 'different doctrine.' This wasn't a permanent assignment as a 'bishop,' as some scholars note, but a temporary, authoritative charge to correct error. This shows that actively protecting the purity of the gospel message is a vital leadership responsibility within the church.
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1 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Timothy 1:3
18th Century
Theologian
As I besought thee still to abide at Ephesus. It is clear from this that Paul and Timothy had been labouring together at Ephesus, and the …
AT Robertson
On 1 Timothy 1:3
As I exhorted (καθως παρεκαλεσα). There is an ellipse of the principal clause in verse 4 (so do I now not being i…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Timothy 1:3
19th Century
Bishop
That you might charge some.—Some time after the first imprisonment at Rome, and consequently beyond the period i…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Timothy 1:3–4
19th Century
Preacher
You see, the apostle, in his day, had to contend against those who ran away from the simplicity of the gospel into all manner of fables and inventi…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Timothy 1:3–4
(3a) When Paul went into Macedonia—at exactly what time we do not know—he urged Timothy to remain in Ephesus. As noted in the introduction, it appe…
John Calvin
On 1 Timothy 1:3
16th Century
Theologian
As I urged you—Either the syntax is elliptical, or the particle ἵνα is redundant; and in both cases, the meaning will be obvious. First, h…
John Gill
On 1 Timothy 1:3
17th Century
Pastor
As I besought you to abide, still at Ephesus
Where it seems he now was, being left here by the apostle, and where he…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Timothy 1:1–4
17th Century
Minister
Jesus Christ is a Christian's hope; all our hopes of eternal life are built upon him, and Christ is in us the hope of glory.
The apostle see…