Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
But thou--in contrast to the "some" (1 Timothy 6:10).
man of God--who hast God as thy true riches (Genesis 15:1; Psalms 16:5; Lamentations 3:24). Applying primarily to Timothy as a minister (compare 2 Peter 1:21), just as the term was used of Moses (Deuteronomy 33:1), Samuel (1 Samuel 9:6), Elijah, and Elisha; but, as the exhortation is as to duties incumbent also on all Christians, the term applies secondarily to him (so 2 Timothy 3:17) as a Christian man born of God (James 1:18; 1 John 5:1), no longer a man of the world raised above earthly things; therefore, God's property, not his own, bought with a price, and so having parted with all right in himself: Christ's work is to be his great work: he is to be Christ's living representative.
flee these things--namely, "the love of money" with its evil results (1 Timothy 6:9-10).
follow after righteousness-- (2 Timothy 2:22).
godliness--"piety." Righteousness is more in relation to our fellow man; piety ("godliness") to God"; faith is the root of both (see on Titus 2:12).
love--by which "faith worketh."
patience--enduring perseverance amidst trials.
meekness--The oldest manuscripts read, "meek-spiritedness," namely, towards the opponents of the Gospel.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 51:1
Jeremiah 35:4
Acts 20:28
1 Timothy 4:7
1 Timothy 6:6
2 Timothy 2:22
2 Timothy 3:17
Titus 2:2
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