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Urgent Instructions
Commentators explain that Paul wrote these detailed instructions for church leadership despite hoping to arrive soon. This wasn't a casual letter, but an urgent provision to ensure the church's health and order were protected immediately, just in case his travel was delayed. The proper functioning of God's household was too important to leave to chance.
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1 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Timothy 3:14
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On 1 Timothy 3:14
Shortly (εν ταχε). Old idiom (locative case of ταχος, quickness, speed). See Ro 16:20. A pseudonymous writer would hardly have put…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Timothy 3:14
19th Century
Bishop
These things write I unto thee.—“These things” probably referred only to the directions respecting the special qualificat…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Timothy 3:14
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…
John Calvin
On 1 Timothy 3:14
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On 1 Timothy 3:14
17th Century
Pastor
These things I write to you
Concerning the offices of bishops and deacons, their several qualifications, and the rul…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Timothy 3:14–16
17th Century
Minister
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. …