CHAPTER II. _Prayer, supplication, and thanksgiving, must be made for all_ _men; because God wills that all should be saved_, 1-4. _There is but one God and one Mediator_, 5-7. _How men should pray_, 8. _How women should adorn themselves_, 9, 10. _They are not suffered to teach, nor to nor to... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Timothy 2:2. _FOR KINGS_] As it is a positive maxim of Christianity to pray for all secular governors, so it has ever been the practice of Christians. When _St. Cyprian_ defended himself before the Roman proconsul, he said: _Hunc (Deum) deprecamur-pro nobis et_ _pro omnibus hominibus; et pro... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Timothy 2:3. _THIS IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE_] Prayer for all legally constituted authorities is _good_ in itself, because useful to ourselves and to the public at large, and it is _acceptable in the_ _sight of God our Saviour_; and this is its highest sanction and its highest character: it is... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Timothy 2:4. _WHO WILL HAVE ALL MEN TO BE SAVED_] Because he wills the salvation of all men; therefore, he wills that all men should be prayed for. In the face of such a declaration, how can any Christian soul suppose that God ever unconditionally and eternally reprobated any man? Those who... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Timothy 2:5. THERE IS _ONE GOD_] Who is the maker, governor, and preserver of all men, of every condition, and of every nation, and equally wills the salvation of all. _AND ONE MEDIATOR_] The word μεσιτης, _mediator_, signifies, literally, a _middle person_, one whose office it is to reconc... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Timothy 2:6. _WHO GAVE HIMSELF A RANSOM_] The word λυτρον signifies a ransom paid for the _redemption of a captive_; and αντιλυτρον, the word used here, and applied to the death of Christ, signifies that ransom which consists in the _exchange of_ _one person for another_, or the _redemption... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 7. _I AM ORDAINED A PREACHER_] _I am set apart_, ετεθην, _appointed_. The word does not imply any _imposition of hands_ by either _bishop_ or _presbytery_, as is vulgarly supposed. _I SPEAK THE TRUTH IN CHRIST_] As I have received my commission from him, so I testify his truth. I did not run... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 8. _I WILL THEREFORE_] Seeing the apostle had his authority from Christ, and spoke nothing but what he received from him, his βουλομαι, _I will_, is equal to _I command_. _THAT MEN PRAY_] That is, for the blessings promised in this testimony of God. For, although God has provided them, yet he... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 9. _IN LIKE MANNER ALSO_] That is, he _wills_ or _commands_ what follows, as he had commanded what went before. _THAT WOMEN ADORN THEMSELVES_] Και τας γυναικας ες καταστολῃ κοσμιῳ. The apostle seems to refer here to different parts of the Grecian and Roman dress. The στολη, _stola_, seems... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 10. _BUT (WHICH BECOMETH, C._] That is: _Good works_ are the only _ornaments_ with which women professing _Christianity_ should seek to be adorned. The Jewish matrons were accustomed to cry to the _bride_: "There is no need of paint, no need of antimony, no need of braided hair she herself is... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 11. _LET THE WOMAN LEARN IN SILENCE_] This is generally supposed to be a prohibition of women's preaching. I have already said what I judge necessary on this subject in the notes on _"_1 Corinthians 11:5_"_, c., and 1 Corinthians 14:34; 1 Corinthians 14:35 to which places I beg leave to refer... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 12. _NOR TO USURP AUTHORITY_] A woman should attempt nothing, either in public or private, that belongs to man as his peculiar function. This was prohibited by the Roman laws: _In_ _multis juris nostri articulis deterior est conditio foeminarum_ _quam masculorun_,; _l_. 9, PAP. LIB. 31, QUAEST... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 13. _FOR ADAM WAS FIRST FORMED, THEN EVE._] And by this very act God designed that he should have the _pre-eminence_. God fitted man, by the robust construction of his body, to live a _public life_, to contend with difficulties, and to be capable of great exertions. The structure of woman's bo... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 14. _ADAM WAS NOT DECEIVED_] It does not appear that Satan attempted the man; the woman said: _The serpent beguiled me_, _and I did eat_. Adam received the fruit from the hand of his wife; _he_ knew he was transgressing, he was not _deceived_; however, _she_ led the way, and in consequence of... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Timothy 2:15. _SHE SHALT BE SAVED IN CHILD-BEARING_] Σωθησεται δε δια της τεκνογονιας· She shall be saved through child-bearing - she shall be saved by means, or through the instrumentality, of child-bearing or of bringing forth a child. Amidst the different opinions given of the meaning of... [ Continue Reading ]