Teks -- 1 Timothy 6:14 (NET)

6:14 to obey this command without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ

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Robertson: 1Ti 6:14 - That thou keep

That thou keep ( tērēsai se ).

First aorist active infinitive of tēreō , with accusative of general reference (se ) in indirect command after paraggellō .

Robertson: 1Ti 6:14 - Without spot

Without spot ( aspilon ).

Late adjective (a privative, spilos , spot, Eph 5:27). In inscription and papyri.

Robertson: 1Ti 6:14 - Without reproach

Without reproach ( anepilēmpton ).

See note on 1Ti 3:2; 1Ti 5:7.

Robertson: 1Ti 6:14 - Until the appearing

Until the appearing ( mechri tēs epiphaneias ).

"Until the epiphany"(the second epiphany or coming of Christ). Late word in inscriptions for important event like the epiphany of Caligula, in the papyri as a medical term. In 2Th 2:8 we have both epiphaneia and parousia . See note on Tit 2:13; 2Ti 1:10; 2Ti 4:1, 2Ti 4:8.

Vincent: 1Ti 6:14 - Commandment

Commandment ( ἐντολὴν )

Usually of a single commandment or injunction, but sometimes for the whole body of the moral precepts of Christianity, as 2Pe 2:21; 2Pe 3:2. The reference may be explained by ἡ παραγγελία the commandment , 1Ti 1:5, meaning the gospel as the divine standard of conduct and faith. Comp. 2Ti 1:14. The phrase τηρεῖν τὴν ἐντολὴν to keep the commandment is Johannine. See Joh 14:15, Joh 14:21; Joh 15:10; 1Jo 2:3, 1Jo 2:4; 1Jo 3:22, 1Jo 3:24; 1Jo 5:3.

Vincent: 1Ti 6:14 - Without spot

Without spot ( ἄσπιλον )

Unsullied. Comp. Jam 1:27; 1Pe 1:19; 2Pe 3:14.

Vincent: 1Ti 6:14 - Appearing

Appearing ( ἐπιφανείας )

See on 2Th 2:8. In the Books of Maccabees it is used to describe appearances and interventions of God for the aid of his people. See 2 Macc. 2:21; 3:24; 14:15; 15:27; 3 Macc. 5:8, 51. In 2Ti 4:18, and Tit 2:13, it denotes, as here, the second coming of Christ. In 2Ti 1:10, his historical manifestation, for which also the verb ἐπιφαίνειν is used, Tit 2:11; Tit 3:4. for the Lord is second advent Paul commonly uses παρουσία presence ; once the verb φανεροῦν to make manifest (Col 3:4), and once ἀποκάλυψις revelation (2Th 1:7). It is quite possible that the word ἐπιφάνεια , so characteristic of these Epistles, grew out of the Gnostic vocabulary, in which it was used of the sudden appearing of the hitherto concealed heavenly aeon, Christ. This they compared to a sudden light from heaven; and Christ, who thus appeared, though only docetically, without an actual fleshly body, was styled σωτὴρ savior , although his oneness with the God of creation was denied . The Creator and the Redeemer were not the same, but were rather opposed. Christ was only a factor of a great cosmological process of development. As Neander observes: " The distinctive aim of the Gnostics was to apprehend the appearance of Christ and the new creation proceeding from him in their connection with the evolution of the whole universe."

JFB: 1Ti 6:14 - keep this commandment

Greek, "the commandment," that is, the Gospel rule of life (1Ti 1:5; Joh 13:34; 2Pe 2:21; 2Pe 3:2).

JFB: 1Ti 6:14 - without spot, unrebukeable

Agreeing with "thou." Keep the commandment and so be without spot," &c. "Pure" (1Ti 5:22; Eph 5:27; Jam 1:27; 2Pe 3:14).

JFB: 1Ti 6:14 - until the appearing of . . . Christ

His coming in person (2Th 2:8; Tit 2:13). Believers then used in their practice to set before themselves the day of Christ as near at hand; we, the hour of death [BENGEL]. The fact has in all ages of the Church been certain, the time as uncertain to Paul, as it is to us; hence, 1Ti 6:15, he says, "in HIS times": the Church's true attitude is that of continual expectation of her Lord's return (1Co 1:8; Phi 1:6, Phi 1:10).

Clarke: 1Ti 6:14 - That thou keep this commandment without spot

That thou keep this commandment without spot - Two things are mentioned here

1.    That the commandment itself - the whole doctrine of Christ, should be kept entire

2.    That his life should be agreeable to that doctrine. Keep it without spot - let there be no blot on the sacred book; add nothing to it; take nothing from it; change nothing in it. Deliver down to thy successors the truth as thou hast had it from God himself

Clarke: 1Ti 6:14 - Unrebukable

Unrebukable - Let there be nothing in thy conduct or spirit contrary to this truth. Keep the truth, and the truth will keep thee

Clarke: 1Ti 6:14 - Until the appearing of our Lord

Until the appearing of our Lord - Hand it down pure, and let thy conduct be a comment on it, that it may continue in the world and in the Church till the coming of Christ.

Calvin: 1Ti 6:14 - That thou, keep the commandment // Spotless and unblameable // Till the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ

14.That thou, keep the commandment. By the word commandment he means all that he hath hitherto said about the office of Timothy, the sum of which was, that he should show himself to be a faithful minister to Christ and to the Church. What is the use of extending this to the whole law? But perhaps it will be thought preferable to view it as denoting the office which he had received by divine authority; for we are appointed to be ministers of the Church on no other condition than this, that God enjoins upon us whatever he wishes us to do. Thus to “keep the commandment” would be nothing else than to discharge honestly the office committed to him. I certainly view it as referring altogether to the ministry of Timothy.

Spotless and unblameable ¹²⁹ Whether we consider the case or the termination ¹³⁰ of the two Greek adjectives which are thus translated, they may apply either to the commandment given, or to the person of Timothy; but the meaning which I have assigned is much more appropriate. ¹³¹ Paul informs Timothy, that he must he wish to discharge his office in a proper manner.

Till the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ It is impossible to tell how necessary it was to all the godly, at that time, to have their mind entirely fixed on the day of Christ; because innumerable offenses existed everywhere in the world. They were assailed on every hand, were universally hated and abhorred, were exposed to the mockeries of all, were oppressed every day with new calamities; and yet they saw no fruit of so many toils and annoyances. What then remained, but that in thought they should fly away to that blessed day of our redemption?

Yet the same reason is in force with regard to us in the present day, and indeed applies equally to almost every age. How many things does Satan constantly present to our eyes, which, but for this, would a thousand times draw us aside from the right course! I say nothing about fires, and swords, and banishments, and all time furious attacks of enemies. I say nothing about slanders and other vexations. How many things are within, that are far worse! Ambitious men openly attack us, Epicureans and Lucianists jeer at us, impudent men provoke us, hypocrites murmur at us, they who are wise after the flesh secretly bite us, we are harassed by various methods in every direction. In short, it is a great miracle that any man perseveres steadfastly in an office so difficult and so dangerous. The only remedy for all these difficulties is, to cast our eyes towards the appearing of Christ, and to keep them fixed on it continually. ¹³²

TSK: 1Ti 6:14 - keep // without // unrebukeable // until

keep : 1Ti 6:20, 1Ti 4:11-16; 1Ch 28:9, 1Ch 28:10,1Ch 28:20; Col 4:17

without : Son 4:7; Eph 5:27; Heb 9:14; 1Pe 1:19; 2Pe 3:14

unrebukeable : Phi 2:15; Col 1:22; Jud 1:24

until : 1Co 1:8; Phi 1:6, Phi 1:10; 1Th 3:13, 1Th 5:23; 2Th 2:1; 2Ti 4:1; Tit 2:13; Heb 9:28; 1Pe 1:7; 1Jo 3:2; Rev 1:7

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Poole: 1Ti 6:14 - until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ

The charge is, that he faithfully perform all the duties belonging to him as a Christian and a minister, commissioned from God, in the whole course of his life, that he may not be liable to a just accusation for the neglect of any part of his office. This is enforced by the consideration of the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ, that is, in the day of judgment, as the following words make evident. Yet the apostle seems to speak of it, as if Timothy should continue in his ministry till that appearance. But it is manifest by his cautionlug the Thessalonians against that false conceit, 2Th 2:2,3 , that the apostle knew the contrary; for he assures them that that day should not come till many great things enumerated by him should be accomplished. The meaning therefore of the words

until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ is the same with our Saviour’ s command to the angel of the church of Smyrna: Be thou faithful unto death, Rev 2:10 : for the whole flux of time from the death of any person till the day of judgment makes no alteration in his life; and consequently, whoever is faithful unto the death is so till the appearing of Christ. And there is no motive more powerful to a zealous and faithful discharge of our duty, no excitation more rousing from the security and carelessness of the flesh, than the serious believing consideration of the glorious reward to be dispersed by our Saviour to his faithful servants in that day, and the dreadful condemnation that shall pass upon those who have been careless and negligent in the sacred ministry.

Haydock: 1Ti 6:14 - That thou keep the commandment // Unto the coming of our Lord

That thou keep the commandment. Some understand that of fighting manfully; others of loving God; others rather comprehend all that St. Paul had commanded him, and all the instructions given. ---

Unto the coming of our Lord; [9] which coming, he in due time will shew. This is the construction by the Greek. (Witham) ---

This coming will be desirable for Christians who have preserved or recovered their baptismal innocence, and for pastors who have faithfully fulfilled their ministry; but terrible, in the extreme, for all who have lived in the constant neglect and omission of their duties.

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Usque ad Adventum Domini, quem, &c. Greek: mechri tes epiphaneias...en, not Greek: on, and so must agree with adventum.

Gill: 1Ti 6:14 - That thou keep this commandment // without spot, and unrebukeable // until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ

That thou keep this commandment,.... Meaning either what he had now last of all enjoined him, to fight the good fight of faith; or the whole of the orders he had given him throughout the epistle, relating both to the doctrine and discipline of the house of God; or rather the work and office of preaching the Gospel, which was committed to him by the Holy Ghost, and enjoined him by the commandment of the everlasting God: and this the apostle, before God and Christ, charges him to observe and keep, in the following manner,

without spot, and unrebukeable; the sense is, that he would discharge his ministerial function with all faithfulness and purity; that he would sincerely, and without any adulteration, preach the pure Gospel of Christ; and that he would so behave in his life and conversation, that his ministry might not be justly blamed by men, or he be rebuked by the church here, or by Christ hereafter: and this he would have him do,

until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ; to judge the quick and dead at the last day, and which will be very illustrious and glorious. Now Christ is hid from the eyes of men, but to them that look for him he will appear a second time in great glory; in the glory of his Father, and of his own, and of the holy angels; and when his saints will appear with him in glory: and this the apostle the rather mentions, since every man's work and ministry will then be made manifest; this bright day of Christ's appearing will declare it, and everyone must give an account of himself, and his talents, unto him: and this shows that the apostle did not design this charge, and these instructions, for Timothy only, but for all other ministers of the Gospel, till the second coming of Christ; though this was then, as now, so much unknown, when it would be, that it could not be said but Timothy might live unto it.