The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Timothy — Section 15

CHAP'rER L with his deepening sense of sin as be drew towards his end, e.nd harmonizes beautifully Ver. 1.-Chriet Jee'UII for Jesus Christ, with what he says in vera. 12-16. The A.V. ai,d T.R.; according w for 1,y, A.V.; analogy or the other forms of blessing Oh.riat JesU8 our hope for Lord Jexus Chri•t, quoted above strongly favonn the sense our u,hich ie our hope, A.V. ai:J T.R. For the Father rather than the FatJier. Whether inscription, comp. Rom. i. I, 5; I Cor. L 1; we read ;,µwv with the T.R. or omit it with 2 CGr. i. 1 ; G1tl. i. 1 ; Eph. i. 1 ; Col. i. 1; the R.T., the idea of FutMr is contrasted, 2 Tim. i. 1; Tit11s i. 1; in ull which St. Paul not with that of Son, but with that of Lord; asserts his Apostleship. a11d ascribes it directly the two words express the relation of the to" the will of God" (comp. Ge.I. i. 11, 12, Persons of the GoJhead, not IO each other, l'tc.). According to the commandment (as but to the Church. Titu• i. 3) expresses the same truth, but pos- Ver. 3.-E,./wrted forbuought, A.V.; tarry •ibJy with a more direct reference to the for abide •till, A. V.; wcu going for went, con,me.nd, "Sepe.ratemP Pe.ul e.nd Barnabas," A.V.; certain men for •m,~, A. V.; not w recorded in Acts xiii. 2. This ass,·rtion of teach a dijfeunt for that they teach no otlwr, hi• e.poatolic authority indicates that this A. V. Exhorted (1rapeKciA•ua). In e.bout.ixty is not e. private letter to Timothy, but a places this word has the sense of" bese,;ch," public Churoh document for all time Our .. entreo.L." "desire,"" pray," which i~ 111ore hope (comp. Col. i. 27; Acts nviii. 2fJ). suitaule to this passage than the R. V. exlwrt. Ver. 2.-M,11 true child in faith for ·11,y own It is u strong expression, end se,·m• to impl_v i,m in !M faith, A.V.; peace for and peaee, thu.t Timothy had been anxiu11s to go with A.V.; the Father for our Fathn, A.V. and SL. P11ul to l\Iu.cedo11ia, to share his lRboun T. lt. ; Cl1rixt Je/lUII for JesU8 Chri,t. A. V. e.nd wait upon hiw; but that St. Paul. "-ith e.nd T.R. My true child in faith. A most that noble disinterestedness which charu.o- awkward phmse, which can only meau that terizc·d hi• whole life, had, not without diffi- Timothy we.a St. Paul'• true child because culty, persuaded him to abiJe at Ephe•us. his fe.lth was equal to St. Paul's, which i• Tarry. Here ago.in the R.V. is unfortunate. not St. PHul's meaning. Timothy was St. The exnct sense of ..-pouµ.,iv11J is " to stay Pe.ul's O\Yn son, because he haJ begotten on," or, as in the A.V., "toe.bide still." The him in the gnspel (I Cor. iv. 1-1-16; Philcm. word lel\s ns that Tirnot.hy was already at 10)-his spiritual son. This is beotexprnssed Ephesus when he reet:iveJ the request frcm e.s in the A.V. by" in the faith" (comp. Titus St. P,rnl to stay on there instead of going \ t, where the same idea is expressed by to Mace,loni11. There is nothing in the ""'T~ Ko1v¾,v 1rlunv). Grace, mercy, and peace. phrase that implies thst St. Pe.ul was e.t Thie ve.ries from the blessing at the begin- Ephesus himself when he me.de the request ning of the Epistles to the Romans, Corin- tu 'fimothy. It 1111,y have been m..de by thia11s, Galatiu.u•, Ephesians, Philippians, message or by letter. When I we.a going. Colo88ians, and Thesso.lonians, by the addi- Some commentators hllve endc,.voured to tion of the word" mercy," as in 2 Tim. i. 2 and expl,.in ,rop<voµ•vo, e.s applying to Timothy, Titus i. 4 in the T.R., and e.lso in 2 John 3 or us if the orJer wne Tv11 wop•uoµoo, e.nd Jude 2. II seems in St. Paul to con- Trapa-y-y••i'.!)r; but the Greek will not e.drnit neot itself with Lhat deeper sense of the need of it. Charge (,r11p11n•ll'.p1); a word imply- 1<nd of the enjoyment of meroy whioh went ing authority, ,.lmost inv,.riably nindtired I, 'l'UI.O'l'BY. B  I THE FIRST EPISTLE 'l'O 1'1MO'l'HY. [oa. L 1-20,