The Pulpit Commentary — 2 Timothy — Section 2

,ul"Bly, "how," 88 in thf' R.V ., but in the God(.-~ xd.p,trµa .-oii thou); as I Tim. Iv. H een11e of ira8clis, "as," "just as." Anrl •o the (where see note). The laying on of my hands, whole p&BBage oomes out: "Just ,u I have !Ogether with those of t_~e presbytery (1 Tim. an unceasing remembranoe or you in my 1v. 14; oomp. Acts :lin. 2, 8). The Jayiug prayel'II, day and night, longing t.o see you, on of bands was also ihe medium through that the tean whic.h I remember 10n shed which the Holy Ghost was given in Con- at our parting may be turned into JOY, so do firmation (Acts viii. 17), and in healing I give epeoial thanks t.o God on the remem- (Mark xvi. 18; comp. Numb. :uvii. 18, 28). branoe or your faith." Ver. 1.-Gave us not for hat'A not given u,, Ver. {.-Longing for grMtly deAiring, A.V.; A.V.; a spirit of fearful'M88 for the spirit of rllffllffflbenng for bei,,g mindful of, A.V. fear, A.V.; and tor of, A.V.; duoipline for Ver. 5. - Haf1ing been reminded of for of a sound mind, A.V. A spirit of fearfnl- .,,he,a I eall In remembranon, A. V. ; in 0- neas; or, 001.Dardice, as the word a..11.1.. ex- for that in thee, A.V. 17nfaigned (li.VV1ro1<pl• actly means in classical Greek, where it is .,-ov); 88 _l Tim. i. 5 (e?e also Rom:_;'-ii 9; very common, though it only oooul"I! here in 2 Oor. TI. 6; 1 Pet. 1. 22; Jas. m. 17). the New Testament. -6.HA&r also has a Xaviq been reminded, etc. (see preceding reproachful sense, both In classioal Greek, note). Thy grandmother Lois. Md.µµ71 and also in the LXX., and in the New Tes- properly corresponds en.ctly to our word tament (see Matt. viii. 26; Mark iv. 40; '" mamma." In t Maoo. xvi 9, o;, µd.µ ., Rev. :ui. 8). It seems cert.a.in, therefore, ,o,718,'itra µaxap,tr9f,troµa<, "I shall never be that St. Panl thought that Timothy's gentle called a happy grandmother,'' and here (the spirit was in danger of being cowed by the only place where it is found in the New adversaries of the gospel. The whole Testament) it has the sense of "grand- tenor or his exhortation, combined as it mother." It is hardly a real word, and has was with words of warm affection, is in har- no place in Stephens' • Thee.,' except inoi- mony with this thought. Compare with the deutally by comparison with ,,.jf,.,,..._ It baa, phrase, rv•uµa 5.,>,./as, the 1tveiiµa 50111\.das however, a ol.assical usage. The proper ••• r/)&1Jo11 of Rom. viii. 15. Of power and ward for a "grandmother" is ri,971. Lois; love. Power (B6vaµis) is emphatically the a name not round elsewhBN, possibly mean- attribute or the Holy Spirit (Luke iv. H; ing• good," or "excellent," from the same Acts x. 88; Rom. xv. 13; 1 Cor. ii. t, et.a.), root u 1\.111tT<pos and 11.c.\itr.-os. This and the and that which he speoially imparts t.o the following Eunice are exam.plea of the fre- servants of Christ (Acts i. 8; vi. 8; Eph. q uent 1111e of Greek or Latin names by Jews. iii 16, eto.). Love is added, as showing that Bnnioe, we know from Acts xvi 1, was a the servant of Christ always uses power in J eweu and a Christian, as it wonld seem oonjnnotion with love, and only as the mee.na her mother Loia was before her. of executing whai love requires. Disoipline Ver. 6.-For tM tDhich catu1e for tDherefore, ( tr11>r/)po11,trµoii); only here in the New Testa- A.V.; thraug'A the laying for by the putting, ment ; tr1114>po11l(<111 is found in Titus ii. 4, A.V. •or whiohoa1111e (5,' ',v al.-la,,); so ver. "to teach," A.V.; "to train," R.V. "Dis- 12 and Tiitu i. 18, but now here else in St. oipline" is not a very happy renderiDg, Panl'1 Epistlea, though commou elsewhere. though it gives the meaning; "correction," The olaue ■eelll8 to depend upon the words or "sound instruction," ill perhaps nearer. immediately preceding, " I am persuaded in It would seem that Timothy had shown thee also; for which cause," etc. Stir up some signs of weakness, and had not boldly (ci,,a(,nvp,w); here only in the New Testa- reproved and instructed in their duty cer- ment, but found in the LXX. of Gen. xlv. tain offenden, as true love for souls required 27 and 1 Kaoc. xiii. 7, in e.n intransitive him to do. The phrase from Plutaroh'a 88Dle, "to revive." In both passages it is • Life of Ca.to,' quoted by Alford, exactl7 contrasted with a previous state of despon- gives the force of tr11>r/)po11,trµ&s : 'E,rl 5wp8'1- denoy (Gen. xlv. 26) or fear (1 Mace. xiii. 2). trfl 1<al trwr/)pov1trµrp ,-;;,., II.M11>v, •• For the We must, therefore, conclude the.t St. Pe.ul amendment and oorrection of the rest." knew Timothy to be cast down and depressed Ver. 8.-Be not ashamed tli,erefore for be by hiB own imprisonment and imminent rwt thou therefore ashamed, A.V.; ,ujflJf" danger, and therefore exhorted him to revive hard,hip with the gospel for be thou partaker •• the spirit of power, and of love, and of a of the ajftictiom of the gospel, A.V. Be not smmd mind," which wu given him at his ashamed, et.a. Tbe exliorte.tion baaed upon ordination. The metaphor is taken from the previous statement. The spirit of power kindling 11lumbering aahes into a fiame by and love must show itself in 11 brave, unflinch- the bellow11, and the force or a.11 .. is to show ing acceptance of all the hardships e.nd thai the embers he.d gone down from a pre- afflictions iDcident to a faithful execution of viom It.ate of ce.ndescence or flame-" to his episcopal office (comp. Rom. i. 16). rekindle, light up age.in." It is e. favourite Suffer hardship with the gospel. This, of metaphor in cla.esice.l Greek. The gift of course, is a possible rendering, but e.n un- a. L 1-18.] THE BEOOND EPI8TLJ!l TO TDl<mff. 3