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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:4 - 6:4
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He is proud - literally, “wrapt in smoke”; filled with the fumes of self-conceit (1Ti 3:6) while “knowing nothing,” namely, of the doctrine which is according to godliness (1Ti 6:3), though arrogating pre-eminent knowledge (1Ti 1:7).
doting about - literally, “sick about”; the opposite of “wholesome” (1Ti 6:3). Truth is not the center about which his investigations move, but mere word-strifes.
questions - of controversy.
strifes of words - rather than about realities (2Ti 2:14). These stand with them instead of “godliness” and “wholesome words” (1Ti 6:3; 1Ti 1:4; Tit 3:9).
evil surmisings - as to those who are of a different party from themselves.