accusative, év wavrti, méte, Tod, ctv, aomep —none of these appear. There is no trace of Paul’s habit of applying differ- ent prepositions to the same object in one sentence, for the purpose of sharper definition. See Gal. i. 1; Rom. i. 17.
Similar ideas are differently expressed by Paul and in the Pastorals. Comp. 1 Tim. i. 3 and 2 Cor. xi. 4; Gal. i. 6: 1 Timei. 9 and Gal. v.18, 238; Rom. ‘vi. 14: 1 Tim. i, 12 and 1 Cor. xii. 28. For Paul’s éwiupety or érimobetv the Past- orals give épéyec@ar. For Paul’s duopos, duewrros, avéeyern- tos, the Pastorals give avert(Anurtos (not elsewhere in N. T.). For émimAjoow (not elsewhere in N. T.) Paul has édAdyyo, though éAéyyw occurs several times in the Pastorals. For &uot8n (not elsewhere in N. T.) Paul has dvtipic Oia or avtar- ddoots. Paul uses dvrws only adverbially (see 1 Cor. xiv. 25; Gal. iii. 21): in the Pastorals it is prefixed to a substant- ive, and converted into an adjective by means of an article, and is used only in this way, a construction unknown to Paul (see 1 Tim. v. 3, 5, 16; vi. 19).
To these should be added expressions in all the three Epis- tles which indicate a peculiar mode of thought and of liter- ary expression on the part of the writer. Such are evoeBas Env to live godly ; Side dicasootvnv to pursue righteousness ; duraccey tHyv TapaOnkny to guard the deposit ; mapaxodoudeiv TH didackaria to follow the teaching; Tov Kadov ayava ayovi- SecOa to fight the good fight. Also designations like dv@pw7ou catebOappevoe corrupt men; dvOpwrros Oeod man of God; con- structions like dvaBeBarodcPat rept Tivos to affirm concerning something; and the introduction of examples by ov éoriv of whom are.
Many more might be added to these,* but these are amply sufficient to show the wide gulf which separates the vocabul- ary and style of these letters from those of Paul.
By way of explaining away these facts we are reminded that these are private letters; but even in his private letters a man does not so entirely abjure his literary peculiarities,
* Full lists of peculiarities of style and diction will be found in Holtzmann, Die Pastoralbriefe, ch. VII.