212 WORD STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. [Cu. I.
Worthy of all acceptation (adons arodoyfs d&uos). The phrase only here and ch. iv. 9. ’Azrodoyv7 Past?. °LXX. Comp. Acts ii. 41, amodeEdpwevor tov Adyov received his word. Idons all or every describes the reception of which the saying is worthy as complete and excluding all doubt.
Came into the world (A ev eis Tov Kecpov). ‘The phrase is unique in the Pastorals, and does not appear in Paul. It is Johannine. See J. 1. 9; ii. 19; xi. 27: xu. 46.
To save sinners (dyaptwrovs cdoat). The thought is Pauline, but not the phrase. See L. ix. 56; xix. 10.
Chief (zparos). Or foremost. Comp. 1 Cor. xv. 9, and Eph. iii. 8. This expression is an advance on those.
16. First (por). Not the chief sinner, but the repre- sentative instance of God’s longsuffering applied to a high- handed transgressor. It is explained by pattern.
All longsuffering (rv dmracav paxpoOupiav). More cor- rectly, “all zs longsuffering.” The A. V. misses the pos- sessive force of the article. For longsuffering see on be patient, Jas. v. T. The form das occurs as an undisputed reading only once in Paul, Eph. vi. 18, and not there as an adjective. Often in Acts and Luke. This use of the article with the adjective mas or das is without parallel in Paul.
Pattern (érorirwow). Or, ensample. Only here and 2 Tim. i. 18. °LXX. °Class. An-example of the writer’s fondness for high-sounding compounds. Paul uses tvaos.
To them. The A. V. conveys the sense more clearly than Rev. “of them,” which is ambiguous. The genitive has a possessive sense. He would be their ensample, or an ensam- ple for their benefit.
Believe (aiorevev). This verb, so frequent in Paul, occurs six times in the Pastorals. In two instances, 1 Tim. i. 11;
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Tit. i. 38, 1t is passive, in the sense of to be intrusted with. Here in the Pauline sense of believing on Christ. In 1 Tim. iit. 16, passive, of Christ believed on in the world. In 2 Tim. i. 12, of God the Father, in whom the writer confides to keep the trust committed to him. In Tit. iii. 8, of belief in God. With évi upon and the dative, Rom. ix. 33; x. 11; 1 Pet. ii. 6 (all citations), and Rom. iv. 18; L. xxiy. 25.
Unto life everlasting (eis Gwmv aidvov). Better, eternal life. See additional note on 2 Th. i. 9. The conception of life eternal is not limited to the future life (as von Soden). Godliness has promise of the life which now is, as well as of that which is to come (1 Tim. iv. 8). The promise of eternal life (2 Tim. i. 1) and the words who brought life and immortality to light through the gospel (2 Tim. i. 10) may fairly be taken to cover the present life.
17. King eternal (Sactre? trav aiwvov). Lit. the king of the ages. Only here and Apoc. xv. 8. Comp. Heb. i. 2; xi. 8. In LXX, Tob. vi. 10. For kindred expressions in LXX, see Ex? xy. 18% 1 Sam. xii. 13;' Ps) ix. 7; xxvii. 10; Ixxili. 12; exliv. 18; cxlv. 10. See also additional note on 215. 7 2.
Immortal (a@@apr@). Lit. incorruptible. In Paul, applied to God only, Rom. i. 23.
Invisible (aopdrw). Applied to God, Col. i.15; Heb. xi. 27.
The only wise God (ydve Oe). Wise should be omitted. Rend. the only God. Sod wise was interpolated from Rom. xvi. 27 — the only instance in which Paul applies the term to God. Comp. Jude 4, 25; L. v. 21; J. v. 44.
Honor and glory (tim «al d0€a). This combination in doxology only here and Apoe. v. 12,18. Comp. Apoc. iv. 9. In doxologies Paul uses only defa glory, with the article, the glory, and with to whom or to him (be).