INTRODUCTION TO 1 TIMOTHY 2
In this chapter the apostle exhorts to prayer for all sorts of men,
gives rules and directions about the dress of women, and their
subjection to their husbands; and concludes with some comfort to them.
The apostle exhorts to prayer in the first place, directs to the
seve... [ Continue Reading ]
I EXHORT THEREFORE, THAT FIRST OF ALL,.... The two principal parts of
public worship, being the ministry of the word and prayer; and the
apostle having insisted on the former, in the preceding chapter, in
which he orders Timothy to charge some that they teach no other
doctrine than that of the Gospe... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR KINGS, AND FOR ALL THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY,.... For supreme
governors, as the emperor of Rome, and kings of particular nations;
and for all sub-governors, or inferior magistrates, as procurators or
governors of provinces, and proconsuls, and the like; all that were in
high places, and acted under... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THIS IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR. Not
only to live peaceably and quietly under the government men are, since
that is the ordination of God, and to live soberly, righteously, and
godly, which his grace teaches; but to pray for all sorts of men, and
for those who are set... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO WILL HAVE ALL MEN TO BE SAVED,.... The salvation which God wills
that all men should enjoy, is not a mere possibility of salvation, or
a mere putting them into a salvable state; or an offer of salvation to
them; or a proposal of sufficient means of it to all in his word; but
a real, certain, and... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THERE IS ONE GOD,.... This does not so much regard the unity of
God, with respect to himself, or his divine essence, though that is a
truth; but does not carry in it any apparent and forcible reason why
all men should be prayed for, for which it is produced; but the unity
of God with respect to... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO GAVE HIMSELF A RANSOM FOR ALL,.... What the Mediator gave as a
ransom for men is "himself", his body and his soul, which were both
made an offering for sin; and his life, which is the result of union
between soul and body; his whole human nature as in union with his
divine person, and so might b... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREUNTO I AM ORDAINED A PREACHER, AND AN APOSTLE,.... He was
ordained or appointed to be a preacher of the Gospel from all
eternity, and was separated or set apart unto it in time, and was put
into the ministry of it by Christ himself, and was not a common or
ordinary preacher of the word, but an... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL THEREFORE THAT MEN PRAY EVERYWHERE,.... In this declaration of
the apostle's will concerning prayer, he only takes notice of "men";
not but that it is both the duty and privilege of women, as well as
men, to pray in their houses and closets; but because he is speaking
of public prayer in the... [ Continue Reading ]
IN LIKE MANNER ALSO,.... Let the women pray likewise; though they are
not to lead in prayer, or be the mouth of the church, which would be
indecent, yet they are to join with the church in public prayer; see
Acts 1:14 and in like manner as the men, with purity of heart and
hand, without murmuring an... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT (WHICH BECOMETH WOMEN PROFESSING GOD LIKENESS),.... By which is
meant not any particular grace, was it, the fear of God might be
designed, and so the Syriac version renders it; nor the whole of
internal religion only; nor the form of godliness, or the whole scheme
of Gospel truth, which is accor... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THE WOMAN LEARN IN SILENCE,.... The apostle goes on to give some
other instructions to women, how they should behave themselves in
public worship, in the church of God; he would have them be learners
and not teachers, sit and hear, and learn more of Christ, and of the
truth of the Gospel, and to... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT I SUFFER NOT A WOMAN TO TEACH, c,] They may teach in private, in
their own houses and families they are to be teachers of good things,
Titus 2:3. They are to bring up their children in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord; nor is the law or doctrine of a mother to be
forsaken, any more than th... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR ADAM WAS FIRST FORMED,.... Immediately by God, out of the dust of
the earth; and the breath of life was breathed into him, and he became
a living soul; thus wonderfully and fearfully was he made; after this
he was put into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and all creatures
were brought to him, t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ADAM WAS NOT DECEIVED,.... There is no need to say with
interpreters, that he was not deceived first; and that he was not
deceived immediately by the serpent, but by Eve; and that he is never
said in Scripture to be deceived, as Melchizedek is never said to have
a father or mother. The apostle's... [ Continue Reading ]
NOTWITHSTANDING SHE SHALL BE SAVED,.... Not Eve, though no doubt she
is saved; since she had a sense of her sin, and shame for it, a
revelation of the Messiah to her, and faith in him; see Genesis 3:7.
But rather any woman, particularly such as profess godliness, who
shall be saved
IN CHILDBEARING;... [ Continue Reading ]