1Ti 1:3-7 | Abbott | STEP | Charge some, &c. The false teachers condemned in this passage ( ) were evidently those who insisted strenuously upon the obligations of the Jewish law. This class of men seem to have been a very general source of difficulty in the churches; their attempts to encumber Christianity with the burden of Mosaic rites, often occasioned the apostle great solicitude, and are the subject of severe rebuke in many of his Epistles.

1 Timothy 1:3-7

Charge some, &c. The false teachers condemned in this passage (3-7) were evidently those who insisted strenuously upon the obligations of the Jewish law. This class of men seem to have been a very general source of difficulty in the churches; their attempts to encumber Christianity with the burden of Mosaic rites, often occasioned the apostle great solicitude, and are the subject of severe rebuke in many of his Epistles.

Fables and endless genealogies; idle and puerile superstitions, originating either in the traditions of the Jews, or in pagan philosophy.—Minister questions; promote disputes and contention.—Which is in faith; which simple faith can produce.

The end of the commandment; the whole design and object of it.—Charity out of, &c.; kindness and good-will to man springing from, &c.

From which; that is, from the promotion of kindness and good-will between man and man, mentioned above as the end and aim of the divine commands.—Vain jangling; useless and irritating disputes.

Desiring to be; pretending to be,—desiring to be so esteemed.