may deserve consideration whether we have not presented to us, in the style of the Pastorals, a new, but not the less true, aspect of St. Paul as a writer, no longer creating a Christian terminology, but freely making use οἵ the piraseology he heard around him, towards the formation of which he had been a principal, but not the only, con- tributor. On the other hand, in so far as this supposition is true it precludes our making use of the occurrence of certain phrases and words in extant early writings, as proofs that the authors of those writings had read the Pastoral Epistles.
In the following list of terms and phrases, a = 1 Timothy; b = 2 Timothy ; c= Titus; the numbers indicate the number of occurrences of the term or phrase in the epistle. When the term or phrase is not peculiar to the Pastorals, a reference is given to its occurrence elsewhere, or “etc.” is added.
TERMINOLOGY OF THE CHRISTIAN Society. a, DE:
ἡ ἀλήθεια, in a technical sense: a, 3; b, 4; c (2 Cor. iv. 2, etc.),
ἡ διδασκαλία: A, The body of doctrine ; absolutely, or with epithets (see ὑγιαίνουσα) : a, 4; Ὁ, 2; ς, 3.
ἡ διδασκαλία: B, The act of teaching: a, 3; Ὁ, c (Rom. xii. 7).
ἡ πίστις, fides quae creditur: a, 8; Ὁ, 2; ς, 3.
πίστις [κ.] ἀγάπη: a, 4; b, 2; c (1 Thess. iii. 6, v. 8).
πίστις, ἀγάπη, ὑπομονή : a, [Ὁ], ο.
ἡ ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία: a,b, c, 2. ὑγιαίνοντες λόγοι: a, Ὁ. ὑγιαί- νειν τῇ πίστει : C, 2. λόγος ὑγιής: ο. Cf. νοσῶν: a; γάγγραινα: Ὁ.
ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας and ἐπιγινώσκειν τ. ἀληθείαν: a, 2; b, 2; 6. (Heb. x. 26; cf. Philem. 6).
[ἡ] εὐσέβεια: a, 7; Ὁ. κατ᾽ εὐσέβειαν: a, 6. εὐσεβῶς ζῆν: Ὁ, ο. εὐσεβεῖν: a (Acts, 4; 2 Pet. 5).
σώφρων: a, C, 3. σωφρονεῖν: ὁ (Mark v. 15; Rom. xii. 3; 2 Cor. v. 13). σωφρονισμός : Ὁ. σωφρονίζειν: Cc. σωφρόνως: C. σωφροσύνη: a, 2 (Acts xxvi. 25).
6 νῦν αἰών: a, Ὁ, Cc. |
ἐπιφάνεια: ἃ, b, 3; c (2 Thess. ii. 8) (ἐπιφαίνειν: c, 2; Luke 1. 79; Acts xxvii. 20; cf. Acts ii. 20).
ὠφέλιμος : a, 2; b,c.
διάβολοι, adj.: a, Ὁ, c.
ἀρνεῖσθαι: a, Ὁ, 4; c, 2, etc., but not Paul.
a, b.
συνείδησις καθαρά: a, Ὁ (συνείδ. ἀγαθή: a, 2; Acts xxiii. 1; 1 Pet.