1 Timóteo 3
Theodoret of Cyrus · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
1 Timóteo 3:4-5
As a good overseer of his children, the father's task is not to abdicate to their opinion but to teach them all the virtues, even if he must act strongly to shape their wills. — INTERPRETATION OF THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY
1 Timóteo 3:8
"Not double-tongued" means that the deacon is not to be a person who says one thing to one person and something else to another. — INTERPRETATION OF THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY
1 Timóteo 3:16
The "mystery" is the sacred object of reverence, namely, that what was foreordained from the beginning and afterward became manifest. — INTERPRETATION OF THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY