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1 Timothy 6:14 — King James Version← Study notes

That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:


1 Timothy 6:14Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Timothy 6:1414 words
GreekMeaning
τηρῆσαίtērēsai
to keepverbG5083
σεse
youpronounG4771
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ἐντολὴνentolēn
commandmentnounG1785
ἄσπιλονaspilon
without stainadjectiveG784
ἀνεπίλημπτονanepilēmpton
above reproachadjectiveG423
μέχριmechri
untilprepositionG3360
τῆςtēs
thearticleG3588
ἐπιφανείαςepiphaneias
appearingnounG2015
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
κυρίουkyriou
LordnounG2962
ἡμῶνhēmōn
of uspronounG1473
ἸησοῦIēsou
JesusnounG2424
ΧριστοῦChristou
ChristnounG5547
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 6:14

Again he calls God to witness, as he had done a little before, at once to increase his disciple's awe, and to secure his safety, and to show that these were not human commandments, that receiving the commandment as from the Lord Himself, and ever bearing in mind the Witness before Whom he heard it, he may have it more fearfully impressed upon his mind. “I charge you,” he says, “before God, Who quickens all things.” Here is at once consolation in the dangers which awaited…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 18 on First Timothy
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God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. My grandmother used to quote this verse every ...
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