1 Timothy 1

1 Timothy 1:2

Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith.

Unto Timothy, my own dear son, whom I have spiritually begotten to the faith. I. 4, 5. Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: Neither give heed to idle Jewish fables; nor to those infinite pedigrees and genealogies which they stand upon, in drawing down the line of their descent from Abraham or from David, in a pretence of claiming kindred of Christ, according to the flesh; which breed many frivolous questions and contentions, rather than tend to the edification of the Church, in the faith of Christ, which should be the end and drift of all our labours: for that, which the commandment of God, both in the Law and in the Gospel, drives at, is charity; even that Christian charity, which floweth from a sincere heart and a good conscience and an unfeigned faith in that Christ, which hath loved us and shed abroad his love in our hearts:

1 Timothy 1:3

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day.

I do not only remember thee often; but I thank my God, whom I serve in that true religion which I received from my forefathers being in substance the same which I now profess, that he puts into my thoughts the remembrance of thee: for I take so much pleasure in recalling thy virtues and graces, that I hold it a great favour of God, that he hath given thee a place in my devotions, both by day and by night.

1 Timothy 1:5

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, &c.

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith, wherewith thou art, amongst other graces, eminently endued; and that true piety, which was at first notably apparent in thy grandmother Lois, &c.

1 Timothy 1:6

From which some having swerred have turned aside unto vain jangling;

From which graces some, having roved and taken a wrong aim, have shot away their shafts, and have turned aside unto vain jangling;

Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou quicken and stir up those gifts and graces of God, which were given thee by the imposition of my hands; not suffering them to go out, for want of use and excitation.

1 Timothy 1:7

Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

Taking upon them to be teachers of the Law, while, in the mean time, they understand neither the principles nor conclusions of their own doctrine.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

But exercise them boldly and cheerfully: for God hath given us his Spirit, to enable us and bear us out in these holy services; which Spirit of his is not a Spirit of fear and cowardice, but a Spirit of power and resolution, a Spirit of fervent love to his Church, a Spirit of sincerity both of judgment and affection.

1 Timothy 1:8

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

Not, that I take exceptions against the Law itself: no; the Law is good and to excellent purpose, if a man make such use of it as he ought; not seeking to be justified by it, but to be directed by it, in his obedience, and to be brought by it to Christ, which is the end of the law;

But be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

Be thou a cheerful partner of those afflictions, which follow the profession of the Gospel; not out of any strength of thine own, but out of the mighty power of God, upholding and encouraging thee therein;

1 Timothy 1:9

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, &c.

Knowing this, that the Law is not made for the coercion, restraint, punishment of the righteous and upright in their conversation; but of lawless and disobedient men, of godless and lewd persons, &c.

Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began;

Who hath saved us from sin and death, and hath vouchsafed to call us effectually into the state of saving grace, even to holiness and newness of life; not for any merit of our works, but for his own mercy’s sake, upon his own good purpose and grace, which was decreed to be given to us, in and by Christ Jesus, before the world began;

1 Timothy 1:10

But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light, through the gospel.

Which hath taken away from death all that power and tyranny, which he exercised over mankind; and hath made a clear way to life and immortality, for all that believe, through the Gospel.

1 Timothy 1:13

Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

But I obtained mercy from God; who graciously held me capable thereof, because that which I did, I did not maliciously or spitefully, but out of ignorance and unbelief.

1 Timothy 1:16

Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

Howbeit, for this I obtained mercy, that Christ Jesus might make me a pattern and example, in whom he might shew forth his wonderful patience and longsuffering; for the comfort and encouragement of all them, who, notwithstanding the conscience of their many infirmities, should hereafter believe in him to life everlasting.

1 Timothy 1:18

This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, that knowing thyself to be of more than ordinary note, and one whom many prophecies have foretold of, as a worthy and eminent instrument of God’s glory, and the good of his Church, that thou stir up thyself, according to those predictions of thee, to approve thyself a good soldier in this spiritual warfare of Christ;

1 Timothy 1:19

Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck:

Holding the pure and true doctrine of the Gospel, and a good conscience in all thy actions, which some having disregarded and put away, have been miserably shipwrecked in their judgment concerning matters of faith:

1 Timothy 1:20

Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have, by a