δίδουν ἢ a 3 a ενωκησεν πρωτον EV τη
ἃ μάμμῃ σου Λωΐδι καὶ τῇ μητρί σου Εὐνίκῃ, " πέπεισμαι δὲ ὅτι καὶ
x2 , y a 9 ἀναμιμνήσκω σε 7 ἀναζωπυρειν τὸ.
w Luke viii. 47, Acts xxii. 24, 2 Τΐπι, Ἱ. 12, Tit. i. 13, Heb. ii. 11. y Gen. xlv. 27, i Macc. xiii. 7 only.
Paul’s use of this word (see reff.) give no support to the notion ot Thdrt. (followed by Alf.) that πέπεισμαι here has the force of our I am sure, I am certain, when we wish to hint gently that we desire reassurance on the point about which we express our certainty. In all the places in which St. Paul uses πέπεισμαι he is anxious to leave no doubt as to his own certitude. Never- theless, in this case, it was quite possible for him to be perfectly certain that un- feigned faith animated Timothy, and at the same time to have misgivings (ver. 7) as to Timothy’s moral courage in deal- ing withi'men. We supply ἐνοικεῖ after σοί.
Ver. 6. δι ἣν αἰτίαν : not so much. ‘“because I am persuaded of thine un- feigned faith’? (Theoph., Thdrt.), as, “because this faith does of a surety dwell in thee”. We are most fruitfully stimulated to noble action, not when we know other people think well of us, but when their good opinion makes us recog- nise the gifts to us of God’s grace. Faith,. as well as salvation, is the gift of God, Eph. ti. 8. Except in this phrase (see reff. and Acts xxviii. 20), αἰτία is not found elsewhere in Paul. It is common. in Matt., Mark, John, and Acts,
ἀναζωπυρεῖν : In both places cited. in reff.—the only occurrences in the Greek Bible—the verb is intransitive : his, or their, sptrit revived. Chrys. well compares with the image suggested by ἀναζωπυρεῖν (“ stir into flame,’’) “ quench. not the Spirit,’ 1 Thess. v. 19, where by “the Spirit’’ is meant His charismatic manifestations of every kind. It is in- teresting to note in this connexion that ἀναζωπυρεῖν φαντασίας is opposed to σβεννύναι in M. Antoninus, vii. 2 (quoted by Wetstein).
τὸ χάρισμα τοῦ θεοῦ : This expression: refers to the salvation of the soul by God’s grace, in Rom. vi. 23, xi. 29. The narrower signification, as here, of a gift given to us to use to God’s glory is χάρι- σμα ἐκ θεοῦ, 1: Cor. vii. 7, or more usually simply χάρισμα. The particular nature of the gift must be determined by the context. In this case it was a charisma. that was exercised in a spirit not of fear-
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