highest ideal of moral and_ spiritual qualifications. αὐθάδη: self-assertive, arrogant.
Vulg. has here superbum, but more accu- rately in 2 Pet. ii. το, stbi placentes.
ὀργίλον: passionate, tracundum (Vulg.). The ὀργίλος is one who has not his pas- sion of anger under control. _™dpowoy, πλήκτην: See on 1 Tim. iii. 3.
μὴ αἰσχροκερδῆ: This negative qua- lity is required in deacons, 1 Tim. iii. 8. Persons who are concerned in the ad- ministration of small sums must be such as are above the commission of petty thefts. There are no regulations here laid down for deacons; so we are entitled to conclude that in Crete, at this time, presbyters performed the duties of every Church office. Hence they should have the appropriate diaconal virtue. See note on τ Tim. iii. 8. On the other hand, it may be objected against this inference that in 1 Pet. v. 2 μὴ αἰσχρο- κερδῶς is used of the spirit of the ideal presbyter.
Ver. 8. φιλόξενον : See on x Tim. iii. 2.
φιλάγαθον: In Wisd. vii. 22, the πνεῦμα which is in σοφία is φιλάγαθον, loving «hat is good. The epithets which immediately precede and follow φιλά- γαθον in Wisd. have no reference to persons, with the exception of φιλάνθ- ρωπον. Itseems best, with the R.V., to give the words as wide a reference as possible; see on ἀφιλάγαθοι, 2 Tim. Hi. 3.
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σώφρονα: See notes on 1 Tim. ii. 9 and ili. 2.
ἐγκρατῆ : The noun ἐγκράτεια spurs Ὡσιο ρω 25, Gal: να ο betalao where to the rendering temperance the R.V.m. gives the alternative self- control. The verb ἐγκρατεύομαι in 1 Cor. vii. 9 is to have continency, but in 1 Cor. ix. 25 to be temperate generally. The word differs from σώφρων as having a reference to bodily appetites, while σώφρων has reference also to the desires of the mind. ἐγκράτ. concerns action, σωφρ. thought.
Ver. 9. Ιἀντεχόμενον : holding firmly fo. ἀντέχομαι is stronger than ἔχειν, as used in a similar connexion, 1 Tim. i. το, etc., etc. The R.V. holding to cor- rectly suggests the notion of withstand- ing opposition, which is not so clearly felt in the A.V. holding fast. ‘‘ Hav- ing care of it, making it his business”’ (Chrys.).
δυνατός : See note on 2 Tim. ii. 2.
τοῦ κατὰ τὴν διδαχὴν πιστοῦ λόγου: the faithful word which is in accord- ance with the teaching. It is indi- cative of the weakening of the phrase πιστὸς λόγος that St. Paul strengthens and defines it here by κατὰ τὴν διδαχὴν. It was noted on 1 Tim. i. 15 that πιστὸς λόγος here means the totality of the re- velation given in Christ; and ἡ διδαχή is to be taken passively, as equivalent to ἣ διδασκαλία, as employed in these epistles. It is tautological to take it actively, the word which is faithful as regards the teaching of others; for that is expressed in what follows.
παρακαλεῖν- ἐλέγχειν: Cf. 2 Tim iv. 2 for this combination. The shepherd must be able to tend the sheep, and to drive away wolves.
ὑγιαινούσῃ: See on 1 Tim. i. το. διδασκαλία here, as frequently, is a body of doctrine. So R.V., in the sound
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