_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 2:1. SUPPLICATIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSIONS.—The first is a special form of the second. Intercession is prayer in its most individual and urgent form—prayer in which God is sought in audience and personally approached (_Ellicott_). Thanksgivings are always... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 2:4. WHO WILL HAVE ALL MEN TO BE SAVED.—The emphatic word here is “all men.” The good purpose of God is as universal as it is good. It is _not_ the will of the Father that any should perish; and if some will be punished with eternal destruction, they reach... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 2:9. THAT WOMEN ADORN THEMSELVES IN MODEST APPAREL.—“In seemly guise.” The word for “apparel” includes more than dress—taking in the whole deportment, whether manifest in manners or dress. “Do not people speak of ‘loud dress’? I suppose that by this is mean... [ Continue Reading ]