Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
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Gill's Exposition
Laying up in store for themselves..... Laying up a treasure in heaven, which will be for themselves to enjoy to all eternity; whereas what they lay up here is for others, for their children or…
Barnes' Notes
Laying up in store for themselves ... - The meaning of this verse is, that they were to make such a use of their property that it would contribute to their eternal welfare. It might be the means of…
Adam Clarke
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation - St. Paul seems to have borrowed this form of speech from Tobit. See 4:8, 9: If thou hast abundance, give alms accordingly: if thou hast but a…
The apostle here charges Timothy to keep this commandment (that is, the whole work of his ministry, all the trust reposed in him, all the service expected from him) without spot, unrebukable; he must…
Cambridge Bible
laying up in store The compound verb, again peculiar, is another example of the law of later Greek explained 1Ti 6:6. Here we have the riches in the form of -good works" laid awayas a solid foundation…
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