New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Timothy 4:2
1 Timothy 4:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
- New International Version (NIV)Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.
- English Standard Version (ESV)through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,
- New King James Version (NKJV)speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,
Context of 1 Timothy 4:2
1But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, 3who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth. 4For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;
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Cross-references for 1 Timothy 4:2
- 1 Kings 13:18Then he said to him, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.
- 1 Kings 22:22And the Lord said to him, ‘How?’ And he said, ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ Then He said, ‘You shall entice him, and you will also prevail. Go and do so.’
- Isaiah 9:15The head is the elder and esteemed man, And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail.
- Jeremiah 5:21‘Now hear this, you foolish and senseless people, Who have eyes but do not see, Who have ears but do not hear.
- Jeremiah 23:14Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: The committing of adultery and walking in deceit; And they strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one has turned back from his wickedness. All of them have become to Me like Sodom, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
- Daniel 8:23And in the latter period of their dominion, When the wrongdoers have run their course, A king will arise, Insolent and skilled in intrigue.
- Matthew 7:15“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
- Matthew 24:24For false christs and false prophets will arise and will provide great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.
- Acts 20:30and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after them.
- Romans 16:18For such people are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
- Ephesians 4:14As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
- 2 Timothy 3:5holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these.
- 2 Peter 2:1But false prophets also appeared among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
- Revelation 16:14for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the entire world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
- Romans 1:28And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper,
- Ephesians 4:19and they, having become callous, have given themselves up to indecent behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
Commentaries on 1 Timothy 4:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Speaking lies in hypocrisy - Persons pretending, not only to Divine inspiration, but also to extraordinary degrees of holiness, self-denial, mortification, etc., in order to accredit the lies and false doctrines which they taught. Multitudes of lies were framed concerning miracles wrought by the relics of departed saints, as they were termed. For, even in this country, Thomas a Becket was, deemed a saint, his relics wrought numerous miracles; and his tomb…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Speaking lies in hypocrisy - ̓ ̔ ́ en hupokrisei pseudologōnOr rather, “by, or through the hypocrisy of those speaking lies. So it is rendered by Whitby, Benson, Macknight, and others. Our translators have rendered it as if the word translated “speaking lies” - ́ pseudologōn- referred to “demons,” or, “devils,” ́ daimoniōn- in the previous verse. But there are two objections to this. One is, that then, as Koppe observes, the words would have been…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2whose consciences are seared with a hot iron: Dead consciences either do not work or work in harmful ways, making judgments that go against the truth of the good news about Jesus (see also Titus 1:15; Romans 1:28–32).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Rather translate, "Through (literally, 'in'; the element in which the apostasy has place) the hypocrisy of lying speakers"; this expresses the means through which "some shall (be led to) depart from the faith," namely, the reigned sanctity of the seducers (compare "deceivers," Tit 1:10). having their conscience seared--Greek, "having their own conscience," &c., that is, not only "speaking lies" to others, but also having their own conscience seared…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Timothy 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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