The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Timothy — Section 45

EXPOSITION. be merely an act of adomHnn, or oontessfon, CHAPTER Il. of recital of God's mercies, and so on. So Ver. 1.-Fir•I of all, that for that,first of as regards lvT•u!«r, here rendered "inter- all, A Y.; thanhgfoing8 for and gi~ing of cessions.'' There is nothing in the ety- thank,, A.V. I exhort therefore. The inser- mology or in the use of this word, which only tion of the connecting particle "therefore" occurs elsewhere in the New Testament in marks that this arr,.r,gement of Church eh. iv. 5, io limit the meaning of it to prayers is a part-e.s the following words, "intercession." Nor has it tliis meaning in tirst of all, mark that it is the first part- the passage where it occurs in the Liturgy of of that charge or administration which we.a t:,t. Clement, near the close, where God is now comwittPd to Timothy. Supplioations, addressed as ·o «al TWV u«,,rrwvT(J)V i'lf'<O'T4- prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings ( see JJ,EVOS T<h lvTd1~<1s, "Who understandest the tlic Prayer for the Ulmrch Militant). The petitions even of those who are silent.'' In question naturally arises whether the first 2 Mace. iv. 8 and Diod. Sic., xvi. 55 it seems words here used-o,-/iu«r, 1rpocnuxcls, and to mean "a request preferred in a personal <Y"T<u~, ..-have any distinctive meaning, or interview," which itt an extension of itll are merely accumulated, like synonyms in common meaning in classical Greek of legal documents, or various phrases in " access," " an interview," " social inter- rhetorical addresses, io ensure completeness course," or the like. But when we turn io and to add force. It is against the notion of the use of the verb l11Tu-yx&.v,,, in the New. auy distinctive meaning attaching to them Testament, we seem to get the idea of" inter- tlllit no such distin,·tion can be supported by cession." 'Ev-ru-yxd.v«v T<V< is to go to some actual use. In Phil. iv. 6 two of the words one to ask him to take action against or in (1rpou,ux-/i a1,<l 0,110-is)e::-,nse<l i11 conjunction fa1Jour of some third party (see Act.a uv. M here witl, •uxap,uTla, with no apparent 24 ; Rom. xi 2 ; viii. 27, 28, 34 ; Heb. vii. difference, l,olh being the way of making 25); and l!O Chryl!Ostom (quoted in 8teph., known t!a·ir requests to God (so also Eph. ''l'heoaur.') explains lnux!o. to be the vi. 18 and eh. v. 5). Again, in the ancient action of one who applies to God to avenge Liturgie,,, the words U,uBa, and 1rpou•ux•u8a.1 him of those who have done him wrong. Bo are constantly use<l of the "8.Ille prayer. It that perhaps "interoeBSions" is, on the whole, may, however, perhaps be said that every the best rendering here, though an imperfeot O<ijUH is a ,rpou•ux-/i, I hough every 1rpou,ux1, one; and would compriBe the pruyer11 for the i• not a 0,110-is. The 0,110-<1 is a" petilion"- e1uperor, for the Church, for the siok, a distinct asking l!Omething of God, which a travellers, 11lavee, oaptivea, eto., 4•r lhc 1rpuuevx1i ncad not n•,ceasa,rily be. It may biaho1111, cler•y• and laity, et.a., 1111d 1100b OIL D. 1-16,) THE FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY. 88