1 They differ as the German Andenken and Erinnerung : pvypYi and memory or recalling to mind, and the act of putting in mind or the being reminded. See Tittm. Syn. and Wahl Lex. — ED.
Hesiod's Theogony. Lois seems to have been the mother of Eunice, and both were dead.
6. A/ r,v ahiM, for which cause) namely, because I have been reminded, vKtfAvqffdriv [referring to ver. 5, vxopvqffiv Xu/jt,f3dvuv~], — avafiifAvrjffKu^ I put thee in remembrance) Being reminded himself, he puts others [sc. Timothy] in mind. — ava^uvvpeTv) to stir up.1 The same word occurs, Gen.xlv. 27, 1 Mace. xiii. 7 : fyxvpsu, of raising the dead, 2 Kings viii. 1, 5. The opposite gpswveiv, to extinguish ; Matt. xxv. 8 : 1 Thess. v. 19. Timothy, being long without Paul, seems to have become somewhat remiss ; comp. note to ch. ii. 22 : at least he is now stirred up to greater exer tions. — TO xapuf/jM, the gift) which is joined with faith, ver. 5 : and is energetic and lively, ver. 7.
7. H.vs\jij,a,y spirit) That is, the spirit which God has given us is not the spirit of fear, but of power, etc. Hence arises the tes timony which believers give, spoken of in the following verse and in John xv. 26, 27 [ye also shall Lear witness, etc.]. — ds/X/ac) Eustathius says, dsiXos o Bsdiug rag /Xas, one that is afraid of troops of soldiers ;2 comp. Sir. xxxvii. (11) 12. This derivation is quite in consonance with the sense here; comp. ch. ii. 3. The fear meant is that, of which the causes are in the mind, rather than from without. This fear within in too great a degree exaggerates the causes which are -without. The act of fear always has its cause in the mind, but a courageous disposition repels and over comes external causes. — duvd/Aeug) of power. Avvd,uis, power, strength, is opposed to fear. Divine power in us, not our own, is intended ; see ver. 8 ; and so of love and sober-mindedness. [They also, the ayacn? and ffuppoviff/ubg (which Engl. Vers. renders a sound mind) meant, are not our own, but are created by God in us]. All these operate in us, and animate us to the discharge of our duties towards God, the saints, and ourselves. Power [strength] and sober-mindedness are the two extremes, but these in a good sense ; love is in the middle, and is the bond, and as it were the check upon both, taking away [counteracting the liability to] the two bad extremes, timidity and rashness. Con cerning strength or power, see ver. 8, etc. ; concerning love, ch.
1 Lit. to rekindle or revive the spark of; Th. oivx £ucv 'Trvp. — En.
2 This is one of the fanciful etymologies of Scholiasts. The — Aoc is simply a common adjectival termination ; the root is of course Sg/o^. — ED.