t:-lorlptnre." 1 Whe.t followe of the ve.riou1 mee.ning. The Greek, T~v Iv 811rm100-Jv'll, nee■ of Holy Scripture ie not truP nf "every merely limite the 1r,11,,la to the aphero of Soripture." One Soriptnr~ ie p1'0fitahlo for righteonenoss or Christinn vhtnP. Bv the doctrine, e.nother for reproof, e.nd so on. use of Holy i:-oripture tb., Christie.n is ·being E:i;:e.mplee nf -ypm#, without the nrtiole e.re continually more perfectly instruotod in 2 Pet. i. 20 e.nd Rnm. i. 2; e.nd of 1rcis holy living. nnt followro. by the e.rtiole, e.nd yet mee.ning Ver. 17.-Complets for perfect, A.. V.; fur• "all," e.re in Eph. ii. 21 e.nd iii. 15. Inspired nished completely for Uwougkly furnished, of God, eto. (8,&,rv,v<TTos); here only in the A.V.; e11ery good work for all good U10Tka, New Testament or LXX., hut ooce.eio11ally A.V. Complete (lipnos); only here in tho in ol888ice.l Greek, e.e Plute.rch. Portee.oh- New Testument, but common in ole.esioal illg, eto. The pe.rtioular n■es for which Greek. " Complete, perfect of its kind " Scripture is se.id to be profitable present no (Liddell and Scott). J'umilhed oompletely difficulty. Teaching, of which Holy Scrip- ( l{'J1pT1<Tµl11os, contnining the same root as tur~ is the only infe.llible source. Reproof lipTws); el.ewhere in the New Testament (,,.,,yxov or '"•-yµ&v); only here e.nd Heh. only in Acts xxi. 5 in the sense of •• com- :i:i. l ; but in cle.esioe.l Greek it mee.ns "a pleting" a term of day11.. It is nearly proof," specially for the purpose of "refuta- synonymous with ttmTmpT{(o, (Mntt. :xxi. 16; tion" of a false ste.tement or e.rgumr-nt. Luke vi. 40; 2 Oor. ll:iii. 11 ; Heh. xiii. 21 ; Here in the same Bense for the" conviction" l Pet. v. 10). In late classical Greek l{mp- or "refute.lion" of false teachers (comp. TI("' means, as here, "to equip fully." As Titus i. 9, 13), but probe.bly including errors regards the question whether the man ot in living (compe.re in the • Orde1ing of God is restricted in it.e meaning to the Priests,' " That there be no ple.oe left among minister of Christ, or comprehends all you, either for error in religion or for Christie.ne, two things seem to decide in vioiousness in life"). 0orreoti.on (i1ravop- favour of the former : the one that •• the 9,.,.,.,v) ; only here in the New Teste.ment, man of God" is in the Old Testament in- bnt oc.ce.sione.lly in the LXX., and fre.. ve.riably applied to prophets in the im- quently in cl.assioe.l Greek, as Aristotle, mediate service of God (see 1 Tim. vi. 11, Plato, etc., in the sense of "correction," i.e. note); the other that in l Tim. vi. 11 it setting a person or thing straight, "reviaal," undoubtedly refers to Timothy in hie cha- "improvement," "amendment," or the like. raoter of chief pe.etor of the Ohuroh, and It may be applied equally to opinions and that here too the whole force of the descrip- to morala, or way of life. Instruotion which tion of the uses and ell:cellenoe of Holy ii in righteo'll8Jleu. There is no advantRge Scripture is brought to bear upon the ell:- in this awkward phraseology. "Instruction hortatione in ver. 14, "Continue tJiou in the in right.eoumeu" eu.otly ell:presses the things which thon he.et heard,'' addressed to Timothy as the Bishop of the Ephesian 1 Compare, t.oo, rcium 11d.p£, "all flesh " Church (see, too, eh. iv. I-5, where it is (Luke iii. 6) ; rcis oZ.:os 'l<Tpa.711\, " all the abundantly clear that all that preoedes we.e howre of Israel" (Acts ii 36); iv ,r,J."TI ;,,,. intended to bear direotly upon Timothy's IT'ro1'p, .. in his whole Epistle" (!gnat., • Ad faithful and vigoroUB discharge of his olllce Epha,'m). u &D evangelist).
HOMILETICS. Vere. 1-17.-Holy Scripture tM 6trength of tM man of God. Th~re is marvelloUB force in the tLpplication to the Christian bishop aad evangelist of the title THE MAN OF Gon. When we remember the course of faithful and untiring labour, and patient unflinching suffering, which was run by those to whom alone this title was given in the Old Testament-Moses and Samuel and Elijah, and other prophets of God-we feel at once that the application of this title to the ministers or Christ under the New Testament teaches them with incisive power that the like 1pirit must be found in them if they are worthy to be classed with the men of God. Evidently the" mm of God" mll8t not be afraid of a man that shall die, or a eon of man which shall be made ae gr&1111; he mUBt not shrink from bearing witness for God before an unbelieving and gaiW1&ying world ; he mll8i not be a lov'3r of ua.se or pleasure, or of the praise of men; he mll8t not be greedy of gain or covetous of rewa.rcl; he mUBt not be a man or strife and brawls, but a mau of love and peace; be mUBt be zealoU8 for God'1 honour and glory; he mll8t be a staunch upholder of God's truth against error& and false doctrines; and be mudt be a man of prayer, and very devout towards God; for otherwise how 1ball he be called a" maJJ. of God"? But how shall this unearthly character be main- OH, m.1-17.] THE SECOND EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY. 45