1 Timothy 2:1-7

1 Timothy 2:1 to 1 Timothy 3:16. The Charge Respecting Church Regulations.

(a) 1 Timothy 2:1. Public Worship.

1 Timothy 2:1. Public Prayer. Paul requires, as of first importance, the offering of public prayer in a catholic spirit. Since the Christian's rejection of state-religion might appear treasonable, he especially names kings and high officials (cf. Romans 13:1 ff.). Such prayer for all men is well-pleasing to God. For His will is all men's salvation and enlightenment, as is shown by (a) God's own Unity (if there is only one God, all men are equally His care); (b) the oneness of the Mediator (He, as Man, represented all mankind); and (c) the universal purpose of Christ's sacrifice a truth to be attested in its proper season, Paul himself being constituted a witness.

1 Timothy 2:1. intercessions: rather, petitions.

1 Timothy 2:2. gravity: honesty (AV) bears its old sense of propriety.

1 Timothy 2:4 f. To interpret these verses as anti-Gnostic entirely destroys the sequence of thought.

1 Timothy 2:6. a ransom: The Gr. word contains the preposition (found also in Matthew 20:28) denoting instead of.

1 Timothy 2:7. Cf. 2 Timothy 1:11. I speak, etc.: insists on Paul's apostolic authority, which the false teachers probably denied.