Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ. Rec. text has Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ with AL; but an overwhelming weight of authority, including all the other uncials, supports Χρ. Ἰησοῦ. See crit. notes on 1 Timothy 1:1 and Titus 1:1.

1. For the form of the salutation see the note on 1 Timothy 1:1. διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ is St Paul’s usual formula (cp. 1 and 2 Corinthians 1:1; Ephesians 1:1; Colossians 1:1); he never forgets that he is a σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς.

κατʼ ἐπαγγελίαν ζωῆς, according to the promise of life &c., expressing the aim and purpose of his apostleship; cp. Titus 1:1. For the expression ἐπαγγελία ζωῆς see on 1 Timothy 4:8. The life of which godliness has the promise is a life ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ; the gift of the Incarnation to man is a life no longer lived in isolated individuality, but ‘in Christ,’ enriched with the powers and the graces of the Risen Life of Christ.

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