Vincent Word Studies - 1 Timothy 4:12 - 4:12

Online Resource Library

Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com

Vincent Word Studies - 1 Timothy 4:12 - 4:12


(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)

This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

Youth (νεότητος)

oP. See Luk 18:21. Act 26:4. See Introduction, VII. Timothy was probably from 38 to 40 years old at this time.

In word (ἐν λόγῳ)

Including teaching and verbal intercourse of every kind.

Conversation (ἀναστροφῇ)

Comp. Gal 1:13; Eph 4:22; Jam 3:13. A favorite word with Peter. See on 1Pe 1:15.

In spirit

Omit.

Purity (ἁγνίᾳ)

Only here and 1Ti 5:2. Ἁγνός pure, 1Ti 5:22; Tit 2:5. In Paul, 2Co 8:11; 2Co 11:2; Phi 4:8. Also in James, Peter, and 1 John. Ἁγνότης purity, 2Co 6:6; 2Co 11:3. olxx, oClass. Ἁγνός always with a moral sense; not limited to sins of the flesh, but covering purity in motives as well as in acts. In 1Jo 3:3, of Christ. In 2Co 11:2, of virgin purity. In Jam 3:17, as a characteristic of heavenly wisdom. Ἁγνῶς purely (Phi 1:17), of preaching the gospel with unmixed motives. The verb ἁγνίζειν to purify, which in lxx is used only of ceremonial purification, has that meaning in four of the seven instances in N.T. (Joh 11:55; Act 21:24, Act 21:26; Act 24:18). In the others (Jam 4:8; 1Pe 1:22; 1Jo 3:3) it is used of purifying the heart and soul.