Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 1:13
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13. Who was before — Greek, "Formerly being a blasphemer." " Notwithstanding that I was before a blasphemer," c. ( Acts 26:9 Acts 26:11 ). persecutor — ( Acts 26:11- : ). injurious — Greek, "insulter"; one who acts injuriously from arrogant contempt of others. Translate, Romans 1:30 , "despiteful." One who added insult to injury. BENGEL translates, "a despiser." I prefer the idea, contumelious to others [WAHL]. Still I agree with BENGEL that "blasphemer" is against God, "persecutor," against holy men, and "insolently injurious" includes, with the idea of injuring others, that of insolent "uppishness" [DONALDSON] in relation to one's self. This threefold relation to God, to one's neighbor, and to one's self, occurs often in this Epistle ( 1 Timothy 1:5 ; 1 Timothy 1:9 ; 1 Timothy 1:14 ; Titus 2:12 ). I obtained mercy —God's mercy, and Paul's want of it, stand in sharp contrast [ELLICOTT]; Greek, "I was made the object of mercy." The sense of mercy was perpetual in the mind of the apostle (compare Note, see on 1 Timothy 1:2 ). Those who have felt mercy can best have mercy on those out of the way ( Hebrews 5:2 ; Hebrews 5:3 ). because I did it ignorantly — Ignorance does not in itself deserve pardon; but it is a less culpable cause of unbelief than pride and wilful hardening of one's self against the truth ( John 9:41 ; Acts 26:9 ). Hence it is Christ's plea of intercession for His murderers ( Acts 26:9- : ); and it is made by the apostles a mitigating circumstance in the Jews' sin, and one giving a hope of a door of repentance ( Acts 3:17 ; Romans 10:2 ). The "because," c., does not imply that ignorance was a sufficient reason for mercy being bestowed but shows how it was possible that such a sinner could obtain mercy. The positive ground of mercy being shown to him, lies solely in the compassion of God ( Titus 3:5 ). The ground of the ignorance lies in the unbelief, which implies that this ignorance is not unaccompanied with guilt. But there is a great difference between his honest zeal for the law, and a wilful striving against the Spirit of God ( Matthew 12:24-32 ; Luke 11:52 ) [WIESINGER]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-14" class="com-number"
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