2 Timothy 1 - Introduction
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ἀπόστολος Χρ. Ἰησ. See note on 1 Timothy 1:1. διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ : This formula is found also in 1 and 2 Cor. Eph. and Col. See note on 1 Timothy 1:1, where it is pointed out that while the same ἐπιταγή may be said to be issued by God the Father and God the Son, θέλημα is always used of the Father's... [ Continue Reading ]
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ἀγαπητῷ : On the variation here from γνησίῳ, which occurs in 1 Timothy 1:2 and Titus 1:4, see the note in the former place. 2 Timothy 1:5 (“the unfeigned faith that is in thee”) proves that St. Paul did not wish to hint that Timothy had ceased to be his γνήσιον τέκνον. Timothy is St. Paul's τέκνον ἀ... [ Continue Reading ]
χάριν ἔχω : The expression of thanksgiving in the exordium of an epistle is usually prefaced by St. Paul with εὐχαριστῶ (Romans 1:8; 1 Corinthians 1:4; Philippians 1:3; Philemon 1:4; εὐχαριστοῦμεν Colossians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; οὐ παύομαι εὐχαριστῶν, Ephesians 1:16; εὐχαριστεῖν ὀφείλομεν,... [ Continue Reading ]
I know that your weak point is deficiency in moral courage. Be braced, therefore, by the assurance that I am constantly thinking with thankfulness and prayer about your genuine and inborn faith; and by the fact that the gift of the Holy Spirit which you received at ordination was that of power and l... [ Continue Reading ]
μεμνημένος δακρύων : Parenthetical. St. Paul's longing was made keener by his recollection of the tears Timothy had shed at their last parting. So Chrys. fixes the occasion. We are reminded of the scene at Miletus, Acts 20:37. Bengel, comparing Acts 20:19, thinks that reference is rather made to an... [ Continue Reading ]
ὑπόμνησιν λαβών : _Having been reminded_. Not to be connected with the clause immediately preceding, as R.V.m. ὑπόμνησις, a _reminder, i.e._, an act of recollection specially excited by a particular person or thing, thus differs from ἀνάμνησις, which is self-originated (so Ammonius Grammaticus, quot... [ Continue Reading ]
διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν : not so much “because I am persuaded of thine unfeigned faith” (Theoph., Thdrt.), as, “because this faith does of a surety dwell in thee”. We are most fruitfully stimulated to noble action, not when we know other people think well of us, but when their good opinion makes us recognise... [ Continue Reading ]
οὐ γὰρ ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν : The γάρ connects this statement with the exhortation preceding in such a way as to suggest that God's gift “to us” of a spirit of power is in the same order of being as the charisma imparted to Timothy by the laying on of St. Paul's hands. The question is, then, To whom is refer... [ Continue Reading ]
to 2 Timothy 2:2. The leading thoughts in this section are (_a_) the Day of reward and judgment which is surely coming (2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:18), (_b_) the unreasonableness therefore of cowardly shame (2 Timothy 1:8; 2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:16), and (_c_) the necessity that Timothy should... [ Continue Reading ]
μὴ οὖν ἐπαισχυνθῇς : The Saying of Jesus (Mark 8:38 = Luke 9:26) was probably in St. Paul's mind. He alludes to it again, 2 Timothy 2:12. The aor. subj. with μὴ forbids the supposition that Timothy had actually done what St. Paul warns him against doing (Winer-Moulton, _Grammar_, p. 628, and J. H. M... [ Continue Reading ]
τοῦ σώσαντος, κ. τ. λ.: The connexion, as has been just remarked, is that our recognition at our baptism of God's saving and calling grace He saved us and called us at a definite point of time (aor.) ought to strengthen our faith in the continuance in the future of His gifts of power to us. On the i... [ Continue Reading ]
φανερωθεῖσαν : See note on 1 Timothy 3:16. Bengel calls attention to the fit juxtaposition of _illustria verba_ : φανερωθεῖσαν, ἐπιφανείας, φωτίσαντος. διὰ τῆς ἐπιφανείας, κ. τ. λ.: See on 1 Timothy 6:14. The ἐπιφάνεια here must not be referred to the Incarnation, considered as having taken place a... [ Continue Reading ]
εἰς ὃ ἐτέθην, κ. τ. λ.: See 1 Timothy 2:7, where these words are also found, and the note on 1 Timothy 1:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν : _i.e._, because I am a preacher of the Gospel. _Cf._ Galatians 5:11. οὐκ ἐπαισχύνομαι : _Non confundor. I am not disappointed of my hope_, as in ref. πεπίστευκα … πέπεισμαι : The perfects have their usual force. For πέπεισμαι see Romans 8:38 and note on 2 Timothy 1:5. τὴν παραθήκην... [ Continue Reading ]
ὑποτύπωσιν ἔχε : A resumption of the exhortation which was broken off in 2 Timothy 1:9. This command is strictly parallel to that which follows: ὑποτ. ὑγιαιν. ἤκουσας corresponds to, and is the external expression of, τὴν καλ. παραθήκην; ἔχε corresponds to φύλαξον; and ἐν πίστει Ἰησοῦ to διὰ ἡμῖν.... [ Continue Reading ]
τὴν καλὴν παραθήκην : The faith, which is a ὑποτύπωσις in relation to the growing apprehension of it by the Church, is a παραθήκη, _deposit_, in the case of each individual. On the constant epithet καλός see 1 Timothy 1:18, and on παραθήκη 1 Timothy 6:20. There is a special force in καλήν here, as d... [ Continue Reading ]
οἶδας τοῦτο : There is a personal appeal for loyalty in this reminder. The whole paragraph, with its examples cited of disloyalty and loyalty, was intended as an object lesson to Timothy. ἀπεστράφησάν με : The reff., with the exception of chap. 2 Timothy 4:4, are parallel to this use of the verb. π... [ Continue Reading ]
δῴη ἔλεος, κ. τ. λ.: δίδωμι ἔλεος, like εὑρίσκω ἔλεος, is a Hebraism. See reff. The correlative, λαμβάνω ἔλεος occurs Hebrews 4:6. ποιεῖν ἔλεος μετά τινος (Luke 1:72; Luke 10:37; James 2:13) is a similar phrase. Here, we should say, _May God bless so and so_. ἔλεος does not correspond to any special... [ Continue Reading ]
γενόμενος ἐν Ῥώμῃ : The reference is most likely to the apostle's first Roman imprisonment, Ephesians 6:20. Whichever it was, πολλάκις implies that it had lasted some time.... [ Continue Reading ]
It is immaterial whether we explain ὁ Κύριος, in this verse, of God the Father, the source of judgment, or of God the Son, the instrument of judgment. It is far-fetched to suppose that the repeated Κύριος … Κυρίου refer to different divine Persons. Huther's expl., followed by Alf., seems the best, t... [ Continue Reading ]