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having their conscience seared with a hot iron;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_timothy/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_timothy/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_timothy/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_timothy/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_timothy/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />by the hypocrisy of liars, who have been seared in their own conscience,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_timothy/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />[misled] by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared as with a branding iron [leaving them incapable of ethical functioning],<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_timothy/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_timothy/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_timothy/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_timothy/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They will also be fooled by the false claims of liars whose consciences have lost all feeling. These liars <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_timothy/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_timothy/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />These people will speak lies disguised as truth. Their consciences have been scarred as if branded by a red-hot iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_timothy/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Such teachings are spread by deceitful liars, whose consciences are dead, as if burnt with a hot iron. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_timothy/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences have been burned by a hot iron. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_timothy/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_timothy/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_timothy/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />through the hypocrisy of liars, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_timothy/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_timothy/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />through the hypocrisy of men who teach falsely and have their own consciences seared as with a hot iron;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_timothy/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_timothy/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />speaking lies in hypocrisy, being seared in their own conscience,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_timothy/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />in <i>the</i> hypocrisy of liars, having been seared in the own conscience,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_timothy/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_timothy/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In the hypocrisy of speaking falsely; burned with a hot iron in their own consciousness;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_timothy/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Speaking lies in hypocrisy, and having their conscience seared, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_timothy/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />speaking lies in hypocrisy, and having their consciences seared,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_timothy/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />through the hypocrisy of liars with branded consciences.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_timothy/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_timothy/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Who with false appearance mislead and speak lies and are seared in their own conscience;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_timothy/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />These persons who deceive by false appearances and speak lies and sear their consciences;<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/1_timothy/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />through the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their conscience,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/1_timothy/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />speaking lies in hypocrisy, having been cauterized as to their own conscience,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/1_timothy/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />men who teach lies with hypocrisy; and have their own consciences cauterised;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/1_timothy/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />broach'd by hypocrititical impostors, whose consciences are cauteriz'd,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_timothy/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />through the hypocrisy of men who teach falsely and have their own consciences seared as with a hot iron;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/1_timothy/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />in hypocrisy <i>of men</i> speaking lies, branded in their own conscience with a hot iron;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/1_timothy/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />and doctrines of demons <i>founded</i> in the hypocrisy of liars, <i>who are</i> seared <i>in</i> their own conscience, forbidding to marry,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/4-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EkcLX59OJyU?start=485" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_timothy/4.htm">Warnings against False Teachers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">influenced by</a> <a href="/greek/5272.htm" title="5272: hypokrisei (N-DFS) -- From hupokrinomai; acting under a feigned part, i.e. deceit.">the hypocrisy</a> <a href="/greek/5573.htm" title="5573: pseudologōn (Adj-GMP) -- False-speaking, speaking lies. From pseudes and lego; mendacious, i.e. Promulgating erroneous Christian doctrine.">of liars,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2398.htm" title="2398: idian (Adj-AFS) -- Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.">whose</a> <a href="/greek/4893.htm" title="4893: syneidēsin (N-AFS) -- The conscience, a persisting notion. From a prolonged form of suneido; co-perception, i.e. Moral consciousness.">consciences</a> <a href="/greek/2743.htm" title="2743: kekaustēriasmenōn (V-RPM/P-GMP) -- To cauterize, burn with a hot iron; hence met: I sear. From a derivative of kaio; to brand, i.e. to render unsensitive.">are seared with a hot iron.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">3</span>They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-5.htm">Jeremiah 9:5</a></span><br />Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a></span><br />‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13-15</a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. / And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. / It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/1-15.htm">Titus 1:15-16</a></span><br />To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled. / They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-9.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:9-12</a></span><br />The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, / and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-13.htm">2 Timothy 3:13</a></span><br />while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-32</a></span><br />Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a></span><br />Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-19.htm">Ezekiel 13:19</a></span><br />You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a></span><br />You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a></span><br />Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-5.htm">Micah 3:5</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-26.htm">Jeremiah 23:26</a></span><br />How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;</p><p class="hdg">lies.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/13-18.htm">1 Kings 13:18</a></b></br> He said unto him, I <i>am</i> a prophet also as thou <i>art</i>; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. <i>But</i> he lied unto him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/22-22.htm">1 Kings 22:22</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade <i>him</i>, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Isaiah 9:15</a></b></br> The ancient and honourable, he <i>is</i> the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he <i>is</i> the tail.</p><p class="hdg">their.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28</a></b></br> And even as they did not like to retain God in <i>their</i> knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/4-19.htm">Ephesians 4:19</a></b></br> Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/galatians/6-17.htm">Branded</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Branding</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/13-3.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-9.htm">Conscience</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-11.htm">Consciences</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-8.htm">False.</a> <a href="/philippians/1-18.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-5.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/hosea/7-7.htm">Heated</a> <a href="/luke/12-55.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/galatians/2-13.htm">Hypocrisy</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Hypocritical</a> <a href="/acts/12-10.htm">Iron</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-15.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-10.htm">Means</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-4.htm">Pretensions</a> <a href="/revelation/16-9.htm">Seared</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-7.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-7.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-2.htm">Teach</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">Teachings</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-8.htm">Untrue</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-16.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-20.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/galatians/6-17.htm">Branded</a> <a href="/exodus/21-25.htm">Branding</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-3.htm">Conscience</a> <a href="/titus/1-15.htm">Consciences</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-8.htm">False.</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-20.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-14.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/numbers/31-23.htm">Heated</a> <a href="/revelation/3-15.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/james/3-17.htm">Hypocrisy</a> <a href="/psalms/35-16.htm">Hypocritical</a> <a href="/james/3-3.htm">Iron</a> <a href="/1_john/5-19.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-5.htm">Means</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-4.htm">Pretensions</a> <a href="/revelation/16-9.htm">Seared</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-14.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-13.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-11.htm">Teach</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-1.htm">Teachings</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-13.htm">Untrue</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-6.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">1 Timothy 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">He foretells that in the latter times there shall be a departure from the faith.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_timothy/4-6.htm">And to the end that Timothy might not fail in doing his duty, he furnishes him with various precepts.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_timothy/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_timothy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_timothy/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>influenced by the hypocrisy of liars</b><br>This phrase highlights the deceptive nature of false teachers who were prevalent in the early church. The term "hypocrisy" suggests a pretense of righteousness, masking their true intentions. In the Greco-Roman world, hypocrisy was often associated with actors wearing masks, symbolizing deceit. The Bible frequently warns against false prophets and teachers (<a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a>, <a href="/2_peter/2.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a>), emphasizing the need for discernment. The "liars" here are those who deliberately distort the truth of the Gospel, similar to the Pharisees whom Jesus criticized for their outward piety but inward corruption (<a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a>).<p><b>whose consciences are seared with a hot iron</b><br>This vivid imagery suggests a conscience that has become insensitive and unresponsive to moral truth, akin to skin that has been cauterized and lost feeling. In the ancient world, branding with a hot iron was a mark of ownership or punishment, indicating a permanent change. This metaphor implies that these individuals have become so entrenched in their deceit that they are no longer capable of feeling guilt or shame. The seared conscience is a warning of the dangers of persistent sin and rejection of truth, as seen in <a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28</a>, where God gives people over to a depraved mind. This condition contrasts with the call to maintain a pure conscience before God (<a href="/1_timothy/1-5.htm">1 Timothy 1:5, 19</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a></b><br>The apostle who authored the letter to Timothy, providing guidance and instruction for church leadership and Christian living.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/timothy.htm">Timothy</a></b><br>A young pastor and protégé of Paul, stationed in Ephesus, tasked with leading the church and combating false teachings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/ephesus.htm">Ephesus</a></b><br>The city where Timothy was ministering, known for its diverse culture and the presence of various religious beliefs, including false teachings infiltrating the church.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a></b><br>Individuals within the church spreading deceptive doctrines, characterized by hypocrisy and a lack of genuine faith.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/conscience.htm">Conscience</a></b><br>The inner sense of right and wrong, which can become desensitized or "seared" through persistent sin and hypocrisy.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_hypocrisy.htm">The Danger of Hypocrisy</a></b><br>Hypocrisy in teaching and living can lead to a seared conscience, where one becomes insensitive to sin and truth.<br><br>Christians must strive for authenticity in their faith, ensuring their actions align with their beliefs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_the_conscience.htm">Guarding the Conscience</a></b><br>A healthy conscience is vital for spiritual discernment and growth. Regular self-examination and repentance help maintain a sensitive conscience.<br><br>Engage in practices that nurture a clear conscience, such as prayer, Bible study, and accountability within the church community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/recognizing_false_teachings.htm">Recognizing False Teachings</a></b><br>Be vigilant against teachings that deviate from biblical truth, often marked by the teacher's lack of integrity and genuine faith.<br><br>Equip yourself with sound doctrine to discern and refute false teachings effectively.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_church_leadership.htm">The Role of Church Leadership</a></b><br>Church leaders, like Timothy, are called to uphold truth and address false teachings with wisdom and courage.<br><br>Support and pray for church leaders as they navigate challenges in maintaining doctrinal purity.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_timothy_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Timothy 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_a_seared_conscience.htm">What does having a seared conscience mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_any_truth_in_the_devil.htm">What does the Bible say about forbidding marriage?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sociopaths_differ_from_psychopaths.htm">How do sociopaths and psychopaths differ?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_your_conscience_aligned_with_god.htm">Does your conscience align with God's teachings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_timothy/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Speaking lies in hypocrisy.</span>--The Greek words here should be translated, <span class= "ital">through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies.</span> The lies that these men utter, refer to their teaching that it was pleasing to the eye of the All-seeing Creator for men and women to avoid certain meats, and to abstain from marriage. Their hypocrisy consisted in their assumption of a mask of holiness, which holiness they considered was derived from their false asceticism and their abstinence from things which the Apostle proceeded to show were lawful.<p><span class= "bld">Having their conscience seared with a hot iron.</span>--Better rendered, <span class= "ital">Branded in their own con-science as with a hot iron.</span> The image is drawn from the practice of branding slaves and certain criminals on their forehead with a mark. "<span class= "ital">Qua nota turpitudinis</span> <span class= "ital">non inusta tua vita est?" </span>(Cic. <span class= "ital">Cat.</span> i. 6.) These men tried to teach the efficacy of a substitution of certain counsels of perfection in place of a faithful loving life. They based their teaching on wild Oriental speculations about the evil nature of all matter. They were often themselves evil-livers, who, conscious of their own stained, scarred lives, strove with a show of outward sanctity and hypocritical self-denial to beguile and to lead astray others, and in the end to make them as vile as themselves.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_timothy/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="accented">Through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies</span> for <span class="accented">speaking lies in hypocrisy</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">branded in their own conscience as with</span> for <span class="accented">having their conscience seared with</span>, A.V. <span class="cmt_word">Through the hypocrisy of men</span>, etc. The construction is rather obscure, as the most obvious way of construing is that of the A.V., where <span class="greek">ψευδόλογων</span> must agree with <span class="greek">δαιμονίων</span>. But then the clause, "having their conscience seared with a hot iron," does not suit "devils." It is therefore, perhaps, best to translate the clause as the R.V. does, and to explain, with Bishop Ellicott, that the preposition <span class="greek">ἐν</span>, which precedes <span class="greek">ὑποκρίσει</span>, defines the <span class="accented">instrument</span> by which they were led to give heed to seducing spirits, viz. the hypocritical preterites of the men who spake lies, and whose consciences were seared. If <span class="greek">ψευδολόγων</span> agrees with <span class="greek">δαιμονίων</span>, we must conceive that St. Paul passes insensibly from "<span class="accented">the</span> devils" to the false teachers who spake as they taught them. In the Gospels, the speech of the devils, and of those possessed by devils, is often interchanged, as <span class="accented">e.g.</span>, <a href="/luke/4-33.htm">Luke 4:33, 34, 41</a>; <a href="/mark/1-23.htm">Mark 1:23, 24</a>. <span class="cmt_word">Men that speak lies</span> (<span class="greek">ψευδολόγω</span>); only found here in the New Testament, but occasionally in classical Greek. Branded (<span class="greek">κεκαυτηριασμένων</span>); here only in the New Testament, but used in Greek medical and other writers for "<span class="accented">to</span> brand," or "<span class="accented">cauterize</span>;" <span class="greek">καυτήρ</span> and <span class="greek">καυτήριον</span>, a branding-iron. The application of the image is somewhat uncertain. If the idea is that of "a brand," a mark burnt in upon the forehead of a slave or criminal, then the meaning is that these men have their own infamy stamped upon their own consciences. It is not patent only to others, but to themselves also. But if the metaphor is from the cauterizing a wound, as the A.V. takes it, then the idea is that these men's consciences are become as insensible to the touch as the skin that has been cauterized is. The metaphor, in this case, is somewhat similar to that of <span class="greek">πωρόω πώρωσις</span> (<a href="/mark/3-5.htm">Mark 3:5</a>; <a href="/mark/6-52.htm">Mark 6:52</a>; <a href="/john/12-40.htm">John 12:40</a>, etc.). The latter interpretation seems to suit the general context best, and the medical use of the term, which St. Paul might have learnt from Luke. The emphasis of <span class="greek">τῆς ἰδίας</span>, "their own conscience," implies that they were not merely deceivers of others, but were self-deceived. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_timothy/4-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">influenced by</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] hypocrisy</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑποκρίσει</span> <span class="translit">(hypokrisei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5272.htm">Strong's 5272: </a> </span><span class="str2">From hupokrinomai; acting under a feigned part, i.e. deceit.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of liars,</span><br /><span class="grk">ψευδολόγων</span> <span class="translit">(pseudologōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5573.htm">Strong's 5573: </a> </span><span class="str2">False-speaking, speaking lies. From pseudes and lego; mendacious, i.e. Promulgating erroneous Christian doctrine.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[whose]</span><br /><span class="grk">ἰδίαν</span> <span class="translit">(idian)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">consciences</span><br /><span class="grk">συνείδησιν</span> <span class="translit">(syneidēsin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4893.htm">Strong's 4893: </a> </span><span class="str2">The conscience, a persisting notion. From a prolonged form of suneido; co-perception, i.e. Moral consciousness.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are seared with a hot iron.</span><br /><span class="grk">κεκαυστηριασμένων</span> <span class="translit">(kekaustēriasmenōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2743.htm">Strong's 2743: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cauterize, burn with a hot iron; hence met: I sear. From a derivative of kaio; to brand, i.e. to render unsensitive.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_timothy/4-2.htm">1 Timothy 4:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_timothy/4-2.htm">1 Timothy 4:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_timothy/4-2.htm">1 Timothy 4:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_timothy/4-2.htm">1 Timothy 4:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_timothy/4-2.htm">1 Timothy 4:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_timothy/4-2.htm">1 Timothy 4:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_timothy/4-2.htm">1 Timothy 4:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_timothy/4-2.htm">1 Timothy 4:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_timothy/4-2.htm">1 Timothy 4:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_timothy/4-2.htm">1 Timothy 4:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_timothy/4-2.htm">NT Letters: 1 Timothy 4:2 Through the hypocrisy of men who speak (1 Tim. 1Ti iTi 1tim i Tm) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Timothy 4:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Timothy 4:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_timothy/4-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Timothy 4:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Timothy 4:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>