Exposition of I Timothy 5:22-25

Paul is giving directions to Timothy how the affairs ought to be conducted in the house of God till he comes. We should bear in mind for a proper understanding of this letter that Paul is not writing an orderly, doctrinal thesis; he is writing a letter to his son Timothy, a youthful minister in the church, as he stands in the midst of the hard facts of life, the problems that are perennial to every minister; in the throbbing stress and strain of one who must stand in the office and bear great...