| am persuaded (7ézreicpuar). The verb in Pastorals only here and ver. 12. Often in Paul.
6. Wherefore (dv jv airiav). Lit. for which cause. "Auria- notin Paul. The phrase in ver. 12; Tit.i.13; also in Luke,, Acts, and Hebrews. Paul’s expression is 50 or dvd rodta.
Stir up (avafmrupeiv). N.T.°. UXX, Gen. xlv. 273. 1 Mace. xiii. 7. In Class., as Eurip. Hlectra, 1121, dv’ ad od Sorrupels veixn véa you are rekindling old strifes. From ava again, Sods alive, wip fire. To Sarrupov is a piece of hot-coal;. an ember, a spark. Plato calls the survivors of the flood cuipa Corupa ToD TOV avOperrwy yévous Stacecwapmeva. small sparks of the human race preserved. The word is, therefore, figurative, to stir or kindle the embers. ’*Ava. combines the meanings again and up, rekindle or kindle up. Vulg. only the former, resuscitare. Comp. avdmrew kindle up, L. xii. 49; Jas. iii. 5. It is not necessary to assume that Timothy’s zeal had become cold.
The gift of God (7d ydpicpa rod Ocot)y,, See on 1 Tim.. iv. 14.
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7. Spirit of fear (avedua Ser/as). Better, of cowardice. N. T.°. Comp. Rom. viii. 15, and see on the Spirit, Rom. viii. 4, § 5.
Of power (duvduews). Found in all the Pauline Epistles except Philemon. In Pastorals only here, ver. 8, and ch. iii. 5. Not used by our writer in the sense of working mira- cles, which it sometimes has in Paul. Here, the power to overcome all obstacles and to face all dangers. It is closely linked with the sense of vrappynoia boldness.
Of love (dydarns). See on Gal. v. 22.
Of a sound mind (cwdpoucpod). N.T.°. °LXX, °Class. Not self-control, but the faculty of generating it in others or in one’s self, making them o@ppoves of sound mind. Comp. Tit. li. 4. Rend. discipline. See on cwppoovvyn, 1 Tim. ii. 9.
8. Be not ashamed (2) éraicyvvOys). See on L. ix. 26. Testimony (yaprvpiov). See on 1 Tim. ii. 6.
His prisoner (décpiov atrod). Paul styles himself the prisoner of the Lord, Eph. iii. 1; iv. i; Philem. i. 9. Only here in Pastorals. Not in a figurative sense, one who belongs to Christ, but one who is imprisoned because of his labours as an apostle of Christ. On Paul’s supposed second imprisonment, see Introd. IV.
Be partaker of the afflictions (cvveaxord@ncov). Only here and ch. ii. 8. °LXX, °Class. The compounded ovv with, not with the gospel, as Rev., but with me. Share afflic- tions with me for the gospel.
According to the power of God. Which enables him to endure hardness. Connect with be partaker, etc.
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9. Who hath saved us. Salvation is ascribed to God. See on our Saviour, 1 Tim. i. 1.
Called (kadécartos). Comp. 1 Tim. vi. 12, and see Rom. Vises tls 1 Corsi. 95, Gal. i. 6; 1 Th. i128" It is Paul’s technical term for God’s summoning men to salvation. In Paul the order is reversed: called, saved.
With a holy calling (cAjce ayia). KAjous calling, often in Paul; but the phrase holy calling only here. In Paul, KAHols Sometimes as here, with the verb xadelv to call, as 1 Cor. vii. 20; Eph. iv. 1, 4.
Purpose (mpofecwv). See on Acts xi. 23; Rom. ix. 11.
Grace which was given (ydpw tiv So0cicav). Comp. TOUtg xis. 0 aX ve Donen Cor, 11.710 5 Hpi, ils 83. 1V~ 1. The phrase only here in Pastorals.
Before the world began (spo ypévev aiwviwv). See ad- ditional note on 2 Th. i. 9. In Pastorals the phrase only here and Tit.i. 2. Notin Paul. Lit. before eternal times. If it is insisted that ai®mos means everlasting, this statement is ab- surd. It is impossible that anything should take place before everlasting times. That would be to say that there was a beginning of times which are from everlasting. Paul puts the beginnings of salvation in God’s purpose before the time of the world (1 Cor. ii. 7; 1 Pet. i. 20); and Christ’s partici- pation in the saving counsels of God prior to time, goes with the Pauline doctrine of Christ’s preéxistence. The meaning, therefore, of this phrase is rightly given in A.V.: before the world began, that is, before time was reckoned by aeons or cycles. Then, in that timeless present, grace was given to us in God’s decree, not actually, since we did not exist. The gift pianned and ordered in the eternal counsels is here treated as an actual bestowment.