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Major Biblical Commentators on 1 Timothy 4:10
Matthew Henry (source) II. The encouragement which we have to proceed in the ways of godliness, and to exercise ourselves to it, notwithstanding the difficulties and discouragements that we meet with in it. He had said (v. 8) that it is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life which now is. But…
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Thomas Aquinas the Commentator – comments on 1 Timothy 2:4-6 and 4:10
Much better than Thomas’ handling of 1 Timothy 4:10 in the Summa is Thomas’ handling of the same text in his commentary on 1 Timothy (source) Chapter 2, Lecture 1, “Prayers for All Men” 62. Also on the side of God, and acceptable in the sight of God: then you shall accept the sacrifices of…
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Thomas Aquinas Misinterprets 1 Timothy 4:10 to Deny the Immaculate Conception
The following selection comes from Thomas Aquinas’ “Treatise on the Incarnation,” a section of Summa Theologica (source). In this selection, Thomas argues from 1 Timothy 4:10 that Jesus would not be the “Saviour of all men” if Mary did not contract original sin. This is one of those interesting cases where Thomas was fairly clearly…
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Commentaries on 1 Timothy 4:10
David Dickson (1583?-1663) An exposition of all St. Paul’s epistles … (source)(spelling modernized by me) Vers. 10. For therefore we both labor, and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those that believe. Reas. 4. Confirming the former Reasons. Because we suffer afflictions and…
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Patristic References to 1 Timothy 4:10
So far, these are the patristic references to 1 Timothy 4:10 that I have been able to find: And, indeed, the old Hebrew wanderers in the desert received typically the end of the threatening; for they are said not to have entered into the rest, because of unbelief, till, having followed the successor of Moses,…