Observe here, 1. The duty which Timothy is exhorted to take care of, and that is, of the duty of public prayer.. exhort thee, that supplications, prayers, and intercessions, with thanksgivings, be publicly made: prayer being. special and principal part of public worship, the minister of God must be... [ Continue Reading ]
Our apostle subjoins his reasons for our praying FOR ALL MEN, because Christ came into the world to save all men, 1 Timothy 1:15 Because it is the desire of God, as well as the design of Christ, that all men should be saved, and because such prayers are good and acceptable in the sight of God. Lear... [ Continue Reading ]
The apostle's argument runs thus: We ought to pray for all, because there is one God who is good to all, and one Mediator between God and mankind, who took upon him the common nature of all men, and gave himself. satisfactory and sufficient ransom for all, which was in due time testified and borne w... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe here, 1. Our apostle declares his authority to publish the gospel to the Gentiles, and his integrity in the publication of it:. was ordained an apostle,. teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. Observe, 2. That according to St. Paul's comission, he gave directions to all sorts of perso... [ Continue Reading ]
The next apostolical precept here given is to women, concerning their apparel and attire, that at all times, but especially in public worship, they use such apparel as becometh modest and chaste women, expressing by their garb the inward gravity and modesty of their minds; not like proud and allurin... [ Continue Reading ]
Still our apostle is directing Timothy how persons should and ought to manage themselves in the public assemblies, and particularly how women ought to behave themselves at the time and in the place of worship. LET, says he, THE WOMEN in your assemblies, LEARN IN SILENCE, WITH ALL SUBJECTION to the b... [ Continue Reading ]
Here St. Paul offers. double argument to enforce the duty of subjection upon the woman, and to prevent her usurping of authority over the man; namely, because the man was first in the creation: ADAM WAS FIRST FORMED, THEN EVE, and the woman was first in the transgression. ADAM WAS NOT DECEIVED, that... [ Continue Reading ]
Our apostle having, in the preceding verse, acquainted us with the woman's sin, that she WAS IN THE TRANSGRESSION, and first in the transgression; in this verse he informs the woman of. part of her punishment for that her transgression; and that is, the severe pain and extreme peril of child-bearing... [ Continue Reading ]