12. Suffer (émitpérw). Lit. turn over to; thence, permit. See 1 Cor. xiv. 34.
Usurp authority (avOevreiv). N.T.°. °LXX, Class. It occurs in late ecclesiastical writers. The kindred noun ai@é-. tns one who does a thing with his own hand, Wisd. xii. 6, and also in Herodotus, Euripides, and Thucydides. ’Avdevria right, 3 Mace. ii. 29. The verb means to do a thing one’s self ; hence, to exercise authority. The A. V. usurp authority is a.
mistake. Rend. to have or exercise dominion over.
13. Was formed (é7Ado6n). Comp. Rom. ix. 20. Strictly: of one working in soft substances, as a potter in clay; mould- ing or shaping. Often in Class. and LXX.
* The other rendering proposed is to retain the parenthesis, and connect 8¢ Epywv dyabav through good works with koopeiv adorn. Thus it will read : ‘‘ Adorn themselves with good works.’’ The objection to this is that xoopety is previously construed with év (‘+ in modest apparel, not in braided hair, gold, pearls, etc.’?), and we should therefore expect év instead of 6’ with good’ works. Further, it would be unsuitable to describe good works.as an orna- ment when he is speaking of the demeanor of women in church assemblies.
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14. Was not deceived (ov« jrrary@n). Once in Paul, Eph. v. 6. Comp. 2 Cor. xi. 8. Rev. beguiled. As it is evident that Adam was beguiled, the interpreters have tried many ways of explaining the expression, either by supplying 7paros first, or by saying (as Bengel) that the woman did not deceive the man, but persuaded him ; or by supplying by the serpent, or so long as he was alone ; or by saying that Eve was directly and Adam indirectly deceived.
Being deceived (éEarratnfeica). Completely or thoroughly beguiled.
Was in the transgression (év mapaBace yéyovev). A. V. misses the force of yéyover. TiveoOa év often signifies the coming or falling into a condition, as Acts xii. 11; xxii. 17; Apoeoa, 103° Corais.8 >" 2 Cor, 111.52 15 Date ae hath fallen into transgression.
15. She shall be saved in childbearing (co@Ojoera: did THs texvoyovias). Better, “through the childbearing.” (1) Saved is used in the ordinary N. T. sense. (2) She shall be saved is set over against hath fallen into transgression. (8) It is diffi- cult to see what is the peculiar saving virtue of childbearing. (4) The subject of cwOyceras shall be saved is the same as that of év mapaBace: yéyovev hath fallen into transgression. A common explanation is that yuv7 is to be taken in its generic sense as referring to all Christian mothers, who will be saved in fulfilling their proper destiny and acquiescing in all the conditions of a Christian woman’s life, instead of attempting to take an active part as teachers or otherwise in public religious assemblies. On the other hand, the woman, Eve, may be regarded as including all the Christian mothers. Notice the change to the plural, “if they continue.” She, though she fell into transgression, shall be saved “by the childbearing ” (Gen. iii. 15); that is, by the relation in which the woman stood to the Messiah. This seems to be the better explana- tion. Texvoyovia childbearing, N. T.°. °LXX, Class. Comp. texvoyovelv to bear children, 1 Tim. v. 14. The expression is utterly un-Pauline.
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If they continue (éav pweivwow). They, the woman re- garded collectively or as including her descendants. The promise does not exempt them from the cultivation of Christ- ian virtues and the discharge of Christian duties.
Sanctification (dyiacu@). A Pauline word; but the triad, faith, love, sanctification, is unique in N. T.