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1 Timothy 4:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;


1 Timothy 4:2Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Timothy 4:27 words
GreekMeaning
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
ὑποκρίσειhypokrisei
hypocrisynounG5272
ψευδολόγωνpseudologōn
of speakers of liesadjectiveG5573
κεκαυστηριασμένωνkekaustēriasmenōn
searedverbG2743
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ἰδίανidian
in their ownadjectiveG2398
συνείδησινsyneidēsin
consciencenounG4893
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 4:2

As those who adhere to the faith are fixed on a safe anchor, so those who fall from the faith can nowhere rest; but after many wanderings to and fro, they are borne at last into the very gulf of perdition. And this he had shown before, saying, that some had “already made shipwreck concerning the faith,” and now he says, “Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits.” This is said of the Manichæans,…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 12 on First Timothy
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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