John Bengel Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:9 - 1:9

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John Bengel Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:9 - 1:9


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1Ti 1:9. Εἰδὼς, knowing) construed with χρῆται, use.-δικαίῳ, for a righteous man) Many things which follow are put in antithesis to this one word. Therefore righteousness is widely spread.-οὐ κεῖται) is not in force, doth not exist among us, in its application is not intended [“is not made”]. Therefore a true teacher ought not to use the law against a righteous person, Gal 5:23. The antithesis is ἀντίκειται, in the following verse.-ἀνόμοις, for the [lawless] unrighteous) Paul here names the unrighteous according to the order of the Decalogue; from which it is evident that the commandment, Honour thy father, is fourth, not third.[6]-ἀνόμοις καὶ ἀνυποτάκτοις, lawless and disobedient) Referring to the first commandment, the foundation of the law, the foundation of all obedience.-ἀσεβέσι καὶ ἀμαρτωλοῖς, for the ungodly and sinners) not reverencing the ‘name’ of God, and thereby involved in great guilt,[7] Exo 20:7,-ἀνοσίοις καὶ βεβήλοις, for unholy and profane) despising the true worship of God with a profane mind.[8] Such were those very persons whom Paul notices; comp. 1Ti 4:7. Βέβηλος is compounded of the inseparable preposition, βε, Lat. ve, and βηλὸς, a threshold, especially a sacred threshold: whence βέβηλοι τόποι, οἱ βατοὶ καὶ τοῖς τυχοῦσι, places accessible to the common people. See E. Schmid. on Matthew 12, and Eustathius.

[6] The Church of Rome suppresses the second commandment, and divides the tenth into two. So Beng. also. Thus our fifth is his fourth. To make our fifth into third, their third and fourth must be joined and made second.-ED.

[7] Referring to the third commandment, as we divide them.-ED.

[8] This will answer to our fourth commandment.-ED.