| have remembrance (éy@ tv pvefav). The phrase once in Paul, 1 Th. iii. 6. Commonly, prelav rovodpar I make mention, Rom. i. 9; Eph. i. 16; 1 Th. i. 2; Philem. 4.
Night and day (vuxris xal jyépas). See 1 Tim. v. 5. The phrase in Paul, 1 Th. ii. 9; iii. 10; 2 Th. iii. 8. Const. with greatly desiring.*
4. Greatly desiring (émimo@év). Better, longing. Pastor- als only here. Quite frequent in Paul. See Rom. i. 11; 2 Cor. v. 2; ix. 14; Philip. i. 8, etc. The compounded prep- osition émt does not denote intensity, as A. V. greatly, but direction. Comp. ch. iv. 9, 21.
Being mindful of thy tears (ueuvnudvos cov trav Saxpvov). The verb peyvnoxec@at in Paul, only 1 Cor. xi. 2. In Pastor- als only here. The words give the reason for the longing to see Timothy. The allusion is probably to the tears shed by Timothy at his parting from Paul.t One is naturally reminded of the parting of Paul with the Ephesian elders at Miletus (Acts xx. 17 ff., see especially ver. 87). Holtzmann remarks that Paul’s discourse on that occasion is related to this passage as programme to performance. Bonds await the
* Others with I have remembrance; but without ceasing would make it superfluous. Comp. 1 Th. iii. 10.
+ According to Hofmann, they are epistolary tears(!) —a letter of Timo- thy to Paul, expressing his distress at the apostle’s imprisonment, and, there- fore, an occasion of thanksgiving to Paul.
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apostle (Acts xx. 23), and Paul appears as a prisoner (2 Tim. i. 8). He must fulfil his course (Acts xx. 24); here he has fulfilled it (2 Tim. iv. 7). He bids the overseers take heed to the flock, for false teachers will arise in the bosom of the church (Acts xx. 29, 30); these letters con- tain directions for the guidance of the flock, and denuncia- tions of heretical teachers.
That I may be filled with joy. Const. with longing to see you.
5. When | call to remembrance (imdurnow raBov). The object of yapw éyw, ver. 8. Lit. having received a reminding. The phrase, N. T.°. “Yarduvnots reminding (but sometimes intransitive, remembrance), only here, 2 Pet. i. 13; iii. 1. In LXX three times. As distinguished from avdu- vnots remembrance (1 Cor. xi. 24, 25) it signifies a reminding or being reminded by another; while avduvnors is a recalling by one’s self.
Unfeigned faith that is in thee (rs év colt avutoxpirou mioteos). Seeonl Tim.i. 5. For the peculiar collocation of the Greek words, comp. Acts xvii. 28; Rom. i. 12; Eph. i. 15. The writer’s thought is probably not confined to Christian faith, but has in view the continuity of Judaism and Christianity. In ver. 3 he speaks of serving God from his forefathers. In Acts xxiv. 14 Paul is represented as saying that even as a Christian he serves the God of his fathers, believing all things contained in the law and the prophets.
Dwelt (évaencev). Paul uses the verb with sin, the divine Spirit, God, the word of Christ, but nowhere with faith. The phrase faith dwells in, N. T.°. According to Paul, Christians are or stand in faith ; but faith is not represented as dwelling
in them. Christ dwells in the heart through faith (Eph. iii. 17).
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First (aporov). With reference to Timothy, and with a comparative sense, as Matt. v. 24; vii. 5; Mk. iii. 27; 1 Th. iv. 16, etc. This is shown by the last clause of the verse. The writer merely means that faith had already dwelt in Timothy’s grandmother and mother before it did in him. How much farther back his believing ancestry went he does not say. Comp. Acts xvi. 1.
Grandmother (uaupyn). N.T.°. Once in LXX, 4 Macc. xvi. 9. Later Greek. The correct classical word is T74n. See Aristoph. Ach. 49; Plato, Repub. 461 D. From the emphasis upon Timothy’s receiving his training from his Jewish mother, it has been inferred that his father died early. That he was the child of a mixed marriage appears from Acts xvi. 1.