Directions for Common Prayer and Intercession for all, since the Gospel is for all 1. _I exhort therefore that, first of all_ Rather, I EXHORT THEREFORE FIRST OF ALL; as my first special injunction after my general charge and commission, ch. 1 1 Timothy 1:3; 1 Timothy 1:3; 1 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy... [ Continue Reading ]
_in authority_ R.V. IN HIGH PLACE. The noun occurs only 1 Corinthians 2:1, -I came not _with excellency_of speech," but the participle in Romans 13:1, -the _higher_powers." Though there is no special reference to Roman emperors, yet as Wordsworth well says, under the circumstances of its writing, t... [ Continue Reading ]
_For this is good and acceptable_ We should omit _For_; for the apparent abruptness compare Philippians 4:5, The Lord is at hand," 2 Timothy 4:18 (right reading), -The Lord will deliver me." The connexion by -this" or -these" occurs in every chapter of this epistle; cf. 1 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy 3:1... [ Continue Reading ]
_who will have_ The exact rendering is that of R.V. WHO WILLETH THAT ALL MEN SHOULD HE SAVED not the stronger word _bouletai_, -desireth," with a definite purpose. Chrysostom's comment is "if He willed to save all, do thou will it also; and if thou willest, pray for it": and Theod. Mops, in the Lati... [ Continue Reading ]
_For_there is _one God_ Usually taken as a proof of God's willing all men to be saved, as in the quotation from Theodore, 1 Timothy 2:4. But the parallel passage is ch. 1 Timothy 3:15-16, where the test word -the truth" leads at once to the recital of an apparently well-known elementary creed. And s... [ Continue Reading ]
_a ransom_ The word is a compound naturally formed, as time passed, to represent Christ's own teaching, _antilutron_thus recalling the _lutron anti_of Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45. On this last verse Maclear distinguishes, from Trench's _Syn_., p. 276, the three great circles of images in Scripture use... [ Continue Reading ]
_Whereunto_ For the ministry of which, the True Testimony. _I am ordained_ There is in the Greek an emphasis on -I," WHEREUNTO I REMEMBER WAS APPOINTED. St Paul is always filled with his special mission to proclaim the universality of the Gospel, and appropriately recals his commission as TEACHER O... [ Continue Reading ]
Common Prayer. The part to be taken in Public Worship by men and by women 8. _I will therefore that men pray every where_ (1) the position of -pray" shews the resumption of this subject as the main thought of the sentence, (2) the word used for -men" and the article prefixed shew the contrast to wo... [ Continue Reading ]
_In like manner also, that women adorn themselves_ The point of likeness consists in the fitting attitude of men and of women towards Public Worship and Common Prayer; for men, to lead in prayer with suitable posture and prepared spirit; for women, to attend in quiet dress and quiet behaviour, -unad... [ Continue Reading ]
_which becometh women professing godliness_ Best as A.V. and R.V. forming a parenthesis to justify the boldness of the dress recommended immediately after. _godliness_ The noun occurs only here, the adjective only in John 9:31, -a worshipper of God." It seems to be distinguished from its kindred wor... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let the woman learn in silence_ The reference is still to the public assemblies. The exact rendering in our idiom of the article is, with R.V., LET A WOMAN LEARN, in silence, IN QUIET, as in 1 Timothy 2:2. Cf. 1 Corinthians 14:34-35.... [ Continue Reading ]
The direction is made more emphatic by the position of the verb -to teach" (according to the better supported reading) at the beginning of the clause: BUT TEACHING I PERMIT NOT TO A WOMAN. _to usurp authority_ The verb does not go so far as this in later Greek, only to the extent of the R.V. TO HAV... [ Continue Reading ]
-The Apostle appeals to the original order and course of things. By inverting this relative position and calling the helpmate assuming the place of the head or guide, and the head facilely yielding to her governance was the happy constitution of Paradise overthrown." Fairbairn.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the woman being deceived was in the transgression_ The compound verb should be read as in 2 Corinthians 11:3, -as the serpent beguiled Eve"; -Adam was not beguiled," a general negative, limited by the compound verb following, -you may say he was not beguiled in comparison with the complete direct b... [ Continue Reading ]
_in childbearing_ R.V. gives the exact force of the Greek THROUGH THE CHILDBEARING, and leaves unsettled which particular interpretation is correct (1) the A.V. -in childbearing," the preposition rendering merely the circumstances, cf. Romans 4:11 -in uncircumcision"; or (2) the margin of R.V. -thr... [ Continue Reading ]