_THAT IT IS MEET TO PRAY AND GIVE THANKS FOR ALL MEN, AND THE REASON WHY. HOW WOMEN SHOULD BE ATTIRED: THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED TO TEACH: THEY SHALL BE SAVED NOTWITHSTANDING THE TESTIMONIES OF GOD'S WRATH IN CHILD-BIRTH, IF THEY CONTINUE IN FAITH._ _Anno Domini 58._ IN this chapter, the apostle firs... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO WILL HAVE ALL MEN TO BE SAVED,— It is here asserted by an inspired apostle, that God desireth the salvation of all men; and, in order to their bring capable of higher degrees of glory and happiness, would have them embrace the gospel, wherever it is preached, and become members of his preparator... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MAN CHRIST JESUS;— Christ's being styled _man,_ when spoken of as the Mediator between God and men, is no more an argument against his being also _God,_ in the discharge of that office; than its being at other times said, that, "the Lord of glory was crucified, and God purchased the church with... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO GAVE HIMSELF— That is, cheerfully and willingly. See John 10:18. _For all,_ is added for the same reason as _all men_ in 1 Timothy 2:4. _To be testified in due time,_ is, according to the Greek, _a testimony to his own times._ Jesus Christ is called _a faithful witness,_ Revelation 1:5 and is sa... [ Continue Reading ]
_1 TIMOTHY 2:7_. (_I SPEAK THE TRUTH IN CHRIST, AND LIE NOT;_)— St. Paul uses such solemnity in asserting this doctrine, because the Jews were so much averse to it, and were ready to charge his preaching the gospel among the Gentiles, either upon the want of a due regard to his own nation, or some v... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFTING UP HOLY HANDS, &C.— The _lifting up of hands_ in prayer was a very antient custom. See Exodus 17:11.Psalms 134:2; Psalms 141:2.Isaiah 1:15.Lamentations 3:41. The expression of _holy hands_ may allude to the custom of washing their hands before solemn prayer, which prevailed among the Jews; t... [ Continue Reading ]
IN LIKE MANNER ALSO,— Dr. Heylin reads the verses thus: _And also that the women_ [_in your assemblies_] _be dressed decently, adorning themselves with bashfulness and sobriety; not with broidered hair,_ &c. 1 Timothy 2:10 _but with good works, as it becometh women professing piety;_ that is, the Ch... [ Continue Reading ]
I SUFFER NOT A WOMAN TO TEACH,— The apostle must be understood as limiting this restraint to public assemblies. See 1 Corinthians 14:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
ADAM WAS FIRST FORMED,— It is plain that the apostle does not mean to put the whole of his argument upon the priority of the man's creation in point of _time;_ for, on that principle, the birds and beasts would have the pre-eminence even of Adam; but he refers only to the human species, and to the r... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ADAM WAS NOT DECEIVED,— _Not first deceived._ The apostle hereby seems to intimate, that the tempter chose to make his first attack on the woman, as being, even in her original and most glorious state, the _inferior,_ and consequently less fit in future life to take the lead in important affairs... [ Continue Reading ]
NOTWITHSTANDING, SHE SHALL BE SAVED IN CHILD-BEARING,— Many and various are the interpretations of this obscure passage. Mr. Locke understands it of being carried safely through child-bearing; which sense Dr. Whitby endeavours to illustrate at large. See on Romans 7:5. 1 Corinthians 3:15. Dr. Benson... [ Continue Reading ]