The article is not added. Again, in turn, he calls Him God, ch. iii. 16.
6. To paprvpiov, the testimony) The accusative absolute, as evhiyfta, 2 Thess. i. 5. A word suited to the character which Paul and Timothy sustained ; for they were witnesses. The testimony of universal redemption is intended. — xatpoTg 18101$, in its own due times, or His own due times) ch. vi. 15, note.
7. K^ug) [Eng. Vers. preacher] a herald solemnly appointed, sent by God. A word of large import, as 2 Cor. v. 20 ; 1 Thess. ii. 6, at the end. — anoffroXcg, an apostle} of Christ. — aX^De/av Xsy «, / speak the truth, od ^svdo^ai, I lie not) This affirmation belongs to the preceding clause ; for there are added to the subsequent clause the parallel words, Ii/ tffarei xal dX?j$£/a, in faith and truth ; [i.e. parallel to dX>j$. xlyw, and ou -4/611 5.]
8. BouXo,uai ovv, I will therefore) The apostolic authority is represented in this expression ; ch. v. 14 : comp. presently ver. 12, I suffer not. The particle therefore takes up again, ver. 1. — tfpoffev%6(r6ai roug uvdpag, that men pray) So also in 1 Pet. iii. 7, prayers are assigned to men, in a certain particular point of view. He is speaking here of public prayers, in which the heart of the people follows close after the language of him who prays : comp. the next verse concerning worn-en. — ev iravri TOKU, in every place) construed with avdpag, men. Paul also appeals elsewhere on this subject to a similar practice in all the churches. Wher ever men are, there are those by whom and for whom prayers are to be made. — &ra/povrag, lifting up) They turned up the palms of their hands to heaven, as those asking for help are wont to do. — bffiovg xffyag, holy hands) Wrath and doubting are in the soul : but the hands also ought to be holy. The contrary is found at Is. i. 15, at the end. The word bcioug is especially used in the propriety of the Greek idiom for freedom from all violence. — opyqc, wrath) which [molesting men especially. — V. g.] is the reverse of love (comp. 1 Pet. iii. 7, at the end), and the mother of doubting. — <5/aXoy;<r/AoD, doubting) which is opposed to faith. Christianity consists of faith and love, and comprises grace and truth : it therefore ought to form the principal object of our desires, that we may both pray, and live and die, without doubting and wrath. The exercise of prayer, and of the whole