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1. | exhort (srapaxad@). See on consolation, L. vi. 24.
First of all (apaérov mavrwv). Connect with I exhort. The only instance of this phrase in N. T.
Supplications be made (croveioPa Senoes). The phrase occurs L. v. 83; Philip. i. 4. CLXX. °Class. Aéyous is petitionary prayer. Tpocevyn prayer is limited to prayer to God, while déjo1s may be addressed to men. The two are associated, 1 Tim. v. 5: the inverse order, Eph. vi. 18; Philip siy.a6.
Intercessions (évrevEeas). Only here and ch.iv.5. LUXX, 2 Mace. iv. 8. The verb évtvyydvev, commonly rendered to make intercession, Rom. viii. 27, 84; xi. 2; and brrepevtuyyaverv to intercede in behalf of, Rom. viii. 26. The verb signifies to fall in with a person; to draw near so as to converse familiarly. Hence, évrevéis is not properly intercession in the accepted sense of that term, but rather approach to God in free and familiar prayer. “Evtvyydvew in the passages cited is not to make intercession, but to intervene, interfere. Thus in Rom. vill. 26, it is not that the Spirit pleads in our behalf, but that he throws himself into our case; takes part init. So Heb. vii. 25: not that Jesus is ever interceding for us, but that he is eternally meeting us at every point, and intervening in all our affairs for our benefit. In évtevEevs here the idea of interposition is prominent: making prayers a factor in rela- tions with secular rulers.
2. Kings (GactAéwv). In Paul only 2 Cor. xi. 32.
That are in authority (tav év irrepoyn dvtav). “Trepoyn authority only here and 1 Cor. ii. 1. Several times in LXX. Originally, projection, prominence: metaphorically, preémin- ence, superiority. In Byzantine Greek, a little like our Hzcel-
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lency. ‘This very phrase is found in an inscription of the early Roman period, after 133 B.c., at Pergamum. Paul has the phrase éfovclar imepexovoat higher powers, Rom. xiii. 1 ; and ot brrepéyovres those in high places is found Wisd. vi. 5.
We may lead (d:dywuev). Past?, Comp. Tit. iii. 38.
Quiet and peaceable (7pewov Kal Hovyiov). "Hpepos, N. T.°. In Class. only the adverb jpdua quietly. ‘Hovbyzos tranquil, °P. Only here and 1 Pet. iii. 4. In LXX onee, Isa. Ixvi. 2. “Hpewos denotes quiet arising from the absence of outward disturbance: #ovyios tranquillity arising from within. Thus, avyp jyovytos is the composed, discreet, self- contained man, who keeps himself from rash doing: jpemos avyp is he who is withdrawn from outward disturbances. Hence, jpeuos here may imply keeping aloof from political agitations and freedom from persecutions.
Honesty (ceuvdrnts). Better, gravity. Honesty, accord- ing to the modern acceptation, is an unfortunate rendering. In earlier English it signified becoming deportment, decency, decorum. So Shakespeare: “He is of a noble strain, of approved valour and confirmed honesty” (Much Ado, ii. 1). This noun and the kindred adjective ceuros only in the Past- orals, except Philip. iv. 8. The adjective signifies reverend or venerable; exhibiting a dignity which arises from moral elevation, and thus invites reverence. In LXX it is used to characterise the name of God (2 Mace. viii. 15); the Sab- bath (2 Mace. vi. 11); the divine laws (2 Macc. vi. 28) ; the words of wisdom (Prov. viii. 6); the words of the pure (Prov. xv. 26).
Godliness (edceBeia). See on 1 Pet. i. 3, and sound doe- trine, 1 Tim. i. 10. °P. Mostly in the Pastorals.
3. Acceptable (amdSexrov). Past®°. Compare dmodoyy acceptation, ch. i. 15, and Paul’s edrpdcdextos acceptable, Rom. myverlO, obs 2 Cor: Via savin kee
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4, Who will have all men to be saved (és rdvras avOpo- mous Ogre coOfAvar). Lit. who willeth all men, etc. Os who, or seeing that he, giving the ground of the previous statement. Prayer to God for all is acceptable to him, because he wills the salvation of all. ©@éAe. willeth, marking a determinate purpose.