1 Timóteo 5
John Trapp · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 Timóteo 5
Trapp - Turned aside after Satan - Revolted from Christian religion, going out of God’s blessing into the world’s warm sun. These could not choose unto themselves a worse condition. Until we sin, Satan is a parasite; but when once we are in the devil’s hands he turns tyrant. -- Thomas Manton John
1 Timóteo 5
Trapp put it, "Truth hath always a scratched a face". (See 1 Timothy Commentary) Do not receive (paradechomai in present imperative with a negative see our need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey) an accusation (kategoria) against an elder (presbuteros) except on the basis of two or three witnesses (martus) - The command means either stop doing this (as if it has already been done) or do not begin to do this. Receive means in essence “to entertain” or “to consider in your mind.” What Paul is commanding is you turn a deaf ear to accusation unless it is corroborated by two or more solid witnesses. This is the best way to protect your pastor! “A lie can get halfway around the world before truth gets its shoes on.” J