1 Timothy (Reformed Expository Commentary | REC)

by Philip Graham Ryken

Publisher:

P&R

, 2007

Overview

From worship and prayer to family and the use of money, the book of 1 Timothy is full of implications for life in the local church. But beyond these practical truths for all believers, Philip Ryken writes, “Paul’s purpose in 1 Timothy is to help his spiritual sons remain true.” Thus the book has special application to those in gospel ministry.

These truths that helped Timothy in his day are just as applicable to church leaders in ours—both for personal godliness and for the collective life of the church. Whether for personal study or sermon preparation, Ryken’s exposition is a sure guide to all who are interested in this pastoral epistle.

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Key Features

• Presents readers with a Christ-centered commentary
• Explores the structure, backgrounds and grammar of 1 Timothy
• Includes material well suited for pastors and students

Contents

Top Highlights

“Over against the Roman Catholic view that the church determines the truth, the Bible teaches that the church displays the truth.” (Page 140)

“Praying is the most important thing God’s people do” (Page 59)

“What apostasy does mean, however, is that someone who once claimed to be a Christian has renounced the gospel” (Page 154)

“Puritan Richard Baxter, ‘There are too many men who are ministers before they know how to be Christians.” (Page 181)

“Third, the good fight is for justification by grace through faith alone” (Page 50)

Praise for the Print Edition

Following on from his Galatians volume, Phil Ryken provides us with another cornucopia of insight and knowledge. Few portions of the Scripture affect the way we understand what the church in the twenty-first century should look like more than does 1 Timothy, and few contemporary guides could better guide us through these issues than Phil Ryken. This volume signals preaching and teaching at its very best, a model for all preachers in our time.

—Derek W. H. Thomas, professor of systematic and historical theology, Reformed Theological Seminary

Product Details

• Title: 1 Timothy
• Author: Philip Graham Ryken
• Series: Reformed Expository Commentary
• Publisher: P&R
• Print Publication Date: 2007
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 312
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. 1 Timothy › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781596380493, 1596380497
• Resource ID: LLS:REC75TI1
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:39:20Z

About Philip Graham Ryken

Philip G. Ryken (1966–) has served as the president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, since 2010. He earned degrees from Wheaton College, Westminster Theological Seminary, and a doctorate from the University of Oxford.

Ryken was the senior minister of Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church (where James Boice and Donald Barnhouse served previously) for about 15 years before he became the president of Wheaton College. He has been ordained as a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.

Ryken has authored over 30 books, including several volumes in the Preaching the Word Collection, the Reformed Expository Commentary, the Crossway Spiritual Growth Collection, Written in Stone, Discovering God in Stories from the Bible, and Exodus: Saved for God's Glory.