Must not (ov 52). Moral obligation. Gentle (j7vov). Only here and 1 Th. ii. 7 (note).
Apt to teach, patient (dvdaxrtixdv, aveEtxaxov). Acdaxtixds apt to teach, only here and 1 Tim. iii. 2 (note). ’Ave&/kaxos forbearing, N. T.°. ’AveE:xaxia forbearance, Wisd. ii. 19. Rend. forbearing.
25. In meekness (éy patty). A Pauline word, only here in Pastorals, but comp. rpav7ra0ia meekness, 1 Tim. vi. 11 (mote). Const. with instructing.
Instructing (sradevovra). See on 1 Tim. i. 20. Better, correcting.
Those that oppose themselves (rods dvridiatiOéuevous). N. T.°. CLXX. Class. only late Greek. Themselves is wrong. The meaning is, those who oppose the servant of the Lord ; who carry on the avriOéces oppositions (1 Tim. vi. 20); =gainsayers (avriAéyovres, Tit. i. 9). Paul’s word is avrixeoOa to oppose: see 1 Cor. xvi. 9; Gal. v. 17; Philip. i, 28; 2 Th. ii. 4.
Repentance (yerdvoay). Only here in Pastorals. See on repent, Matt. iii. 2.
To the acknowledging of the truth (els éréyracw adn- Oeias). More correctly, the knowledge. The formula Past®.
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See 1 Tim. ii. 4 (mote); 2 Tim. iii. 7. For es unto after peravora repentance, see Mk. i. 4; L. iii. 8; xxiv. 47; Acts xi. 18; xx. 21; 2 Cor. vii. Y0.
26. May recover themselves (avayvypypocw). Lit. may return to soberness. N.T.°. See on be sober, 1 Th. v. 6. A similar connection of thought between coming to the knowl-
edge of God and awaking out of a drunken stupor, occurs 1 Cor. xv. 34.
Out of the snare of the devil (€« ris rod Sua BoXov trayisos). Comp. Ps. exxiv. 7. The phrase snare of the devil, only here and 1 Tim. iii. T(mote). The metaphor is mixed; return to soberness out of the snare of the devil.
Who are taken captive (éCwypnudvor). Or, having been held captive. Only here and L. v. 10 (note on thow shalt catch).
By him (é7 adrod). The deyil.
At his will (eis 76 éxeivov OéAnua). Better, unto his will : that is, to do his (God’s) will.
The whole will then read: “ And that they may return to soberness out of the snare of the devil (having been held captive by him) to do God’s will.” *
CHAPTER III. 1. Comp. the beginning of 1 Tim. iv.
This know (todt0 yiveoxe). The phrase N. T.°. Comp. Paul’s ywwookxew tyas Bovroua I would have you to know, Philip. i. 12; and Aédw € ipas eiddvar I would you should know, 1 Cor. xi. 3.
* Some, as A.V., make both avrod and éxelvov refer to the devil. Others explain: ‘‘haying been taken captive by him (the servant of God) to do his (God’s) will.” Others again, “‘ having been taken captive by him (God) to do his (God’s) will.”
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In the last days (ém’ éoyarais judpais). The phrase only here in Pastorals, Acts ii. 17, Jas. v. 3. Similar expres- sions are év xaip@ éayatw in the last season, 1 Pet.i. 5: éa éoxarou Tov ypdvev at the last of the times, 1 Pet. i. 20: ea’ éoxdrov xpdvov at the last time, Jude 18: én’ éoydtwv tev Hpepov at the last of the days, 2 Pet. iii. 3: év tborépows Katpois in the latter seasons, 1 Tim. iv. 1. The times immediately preceding Christ’s second appearing are meant. Comp. Heb. io 23" Jas. % 3.
Perilous times (xa:pol yarerrof). Only here and Matt. viii. 28. Lit. hard times: schwere Zeiten. Kaspos denotes a definite, specific season. See on Matt. xii. 1; Acts i. 17.
Shall come (évarjcovrat). Or will set in. Mostly in Paul. Only here in Pastorals. See on Gal. i. 4.
2. Lovers of their own selves (¢/Aavtot). Better, lovers of self. N.T.°. CLXX. Aristotle, De Repubd. ii. 5, says: “Tt is not loving one’s self, but loving it unduly, just as the love of possessions.”