the remark of Schenkel, that “the image of Christ presented in the Pastorals is indeed composed of Pauline formulas, but is lacking in the Pauline spirit and feeling, in the mystic inwardness, the religious depth and moral force, that live in the Christ of Paul.” Still, the Pauline conception appears in the emphasis upon the manhood of Christ (1 Tim. ii. 5; 2 Tim. ii. 8), and the clear implication of his preéxistence (AVim, 4.15 iit 26 E42 im: 1,10). Singita e165 the representation is nearer to that of John.
VII. THe WRITER’s ALLUSIONS TO HIMSELF AND HIS CoMPANIONS. — Grave suspicions as to the Pauline author- ship are awakened by the writer’s mode of speaking of him- self, and to intimate and trusted companions and disciples like Timothy and Titus. We know how near these two were to him, and how he confided in them (see Philip. ii. 19-22). It is strange that in writing to them he should find it neces- sary to announce himself formally as an apostle of Jesus Christ (comp. Philemon, décp10s prisoner), just as to the Gala- tians, who had impugned his apostolic authority, or to the Romans, to whom he was personally a stranger. Such an announcement is singularly out of place in a private letter, even though official. Equally strange is his assuring such friends that he is appointed of God to be a herald of the gospel; that he speaks the truth and does not lie; that he has served God from his fathers with a pure conscience. One might doubt his entire confidence in these trusted ministerial helpers and personal friends, when he feels it incumbent upon him to commend to them the most elementary and self-evident duties, as abstinence from youthful lusts. It is singular that he should exhort Timothy to let no man despise his youth, when Timothy had attended him for at least thirteen years, and must have been a mature man. And if Paul, before writing 1st Timothy and Titus, had recently been with them both (1 Tim. i. 3; Tit. i. 5), and had given them their com- missions by word of mouth, why does he do the same thing so soon after, especially when he is looking forward to a speedy reunion (1 Tim. iii. 14; Tit. iii, 12)? Why does