p 1 Cor. vii. 6, 2 Cor. viii. 8. b Luke xii. 11, xx. 20. c Luke xxiii. 7, e See 2 Tim. ii. 21. ἔχ Pet. iii. 15. g See i See 2 Tim. iv. 14. k See 2 Tim. ii. 25. 1 See
n See 2 Tim. iii. 13. o Rom. vi. 6.
1 Ins. καὶ DcKLP, d, e, f, m94, vg., syrr., boh., arm.
LXX of the passages in Exod. and Deut. Perhaps περιούσιος refers to the treasure as laid up, while περιποίησις refers to it as acquired.
ζηλωτὴν καλῶν ἔργων : See Eph. ii. 10; Στοπ, τε: Hebsx. 24.
Ver. 15. See on Tim. iv. 12.
ταῦτα is best connected with λάλει only, and referred to the positive instruc- tions of chap. ii., “the things which befit the sound doctrine”; while παρακάλει and ἔλεγχε represent the two main func- tions of the pastor. Seei. 9.
ἐπιταγῆς: authority, imperio; πάσης ἐπιτ': in the most authoritative manner possible ; not to be connected with ἔλεγχε only.
μηδείς σου περιφρονείτω: another way of saying μετὰ πάσης ἐπιταγῆς. Do not permit thine authority to be despised, Be consistent. See 1 Tim. iv. 12.
CHAPTER IJI.—Vv. 1-2. As your Cretan folk are naturally intractable, be careful to insist on obedience to the constituted authorities, and on the main- tenance of friendly relations with non- Christians.
Ver. τ. With these instructions as to duty towards civil authority, compare Rom. xiii. 1 sqq., 1 Pet. ii. 13 sqq. It is perhaps significant of the difference be- tween Crete and the province of Asia, as regards respect for law, that in x Tim. ii, 1-3, reasons are given why we should pray for rulers, while here the more ele- mentary duty of obedience is enjoined. Polybius (vi. 46. 9) remarks on the sedi- tious character of the Cretans.
ὑπομίμνησκε: See note on 2 Tim, ii. 14.
ἀρχαῖς: ἀρχαί and ἐξουσίαι are coupled in this sense in Luke xii. 11;
ἀρχή and ἐξουσία in the abstract, Luke xx. 20. The two words are coupled together as names for ranks of angels in Eph: αν τὸ, να, τῷ, Cols 1. τὸ, ais Io, 15; with δύναμις, τ Cor. xv. 24, Eph. i. 31; ἀρχαί, alone, Rom. viii. 38.
πειθαρχεῖν: (dicto obedire) is best taken absolutely, and with a wider refer- ence than the preceding clause: i.e., as R.V., to be obedient, rather than merely to obey magistrates (A.V.).
πρὸς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθόν. See reff.
Ver. 2. ἀμάχους... ἐπιεικεῖς: coupled as qualifications of the episco- pus, τ Tim. iii. 3.
πᾶσαν πραὔτητα : the greatest possible
meekness. Compare Eph. iv. 2; 1 Pet. Πτα: Vv. 3-7. Οτείαπς who hear this epistle
need not feel hurt as though I were thinking of them with exceptional severity. We were such ourselves until we came to know the love of God, un- merited and saving and sanctifying and perfecting.
Ver. 3. ἦμεν γάρ ποτε καὶ ἡμεῖς: The connexion is: you need not sup- pose that it is hopeless to imagine that these wild Cretan folk can be re- claimed. We ourselves are a living proof of the power of God’s grace. Eph. ii. 3 544. is an exact parallel. Cf. also 1 Cor. vi. 11, Eph. v. 8, Col. iii. 7, ΤΙ ΒΘΕΣ ΝΕ 5:
ἀνόητοι: insipientes, foolish, in the sense in which the word is used in Proverbs (é.g. xvii. 28), without under- standing of spiritual things.
πλανώμενοι: The analogy of 2 Tim. ΠΠ, 13 suggests that this is passive, deceived, not neuter, errantes (Vulg.), though of course there are many ex-
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