The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Timothy — Section 48

muoh more to the same effect" (' Hom.' vi.). LXX., in Isa. xxviii. 5, for m•D:11, a "rlie.- ~u 'Ho~.' viii. his C?mment on this passage dem,'' or "twined garlanrl." 'fu clasaical 1e: "Without beanng malice. . . . Let no Greek 1r/\l-yµa,,-a are anything twined, ten- one approach God in enmity, or in an unami- drilil' of the vine, wick,-rwurk, chaplets, etc. al.,le temper." And disputing (6,all.,ry,uµ,ou). The corresponding word in 1 Pet. iii. 3 is Tbeexact meaning of 6,all.o-y,uµ,&, is perhaps lµ1r/\01<'t, ,,-p,xwv," plaitiug the hair." Costly best seen in Luke v. 21, 22, where both the raiment (lµ,anuµ,<p 1ro/\vrell.ei). For lµ.a,,-,uµ,o,, verb and the substantive a.re used. The 61a• comp. Luke vii. 25 ; ix. 29; Acts xx. 3S ; 11.,ry,uµ,ol are cavillings, questioning• proceed- Ps. xiv. 10, LXX.; etc., which show that the ing from o. captious, unbelieving spirit. They word is used 1«,,,-' l{oxfiv of any splendid are 6,all.o-y,uµol ,rov71pol (Matt. xv. 19). The garment (Schleusner). Doll.v-r,Ati,, CO!!tly word is always used in a bad sense in the (see Mark xiv. 3; l Pet. iii. 4, and fre- New Testament. Forms of prayer were not quently in the LXX.). St. Peter manifestly yet eetabli•hed in the Church, but these had this passage before him, from tlie mnrkecl cautions show the need of them. verbal coiucidences,aewell as close similarity Ver. 9.-In like manner for in like manner of thought {'µ,1rll.o,,fi, xp6ir,ou, ICOITµ,o,, iµcl.nov, al,o, A.V. and T.R.; braided for broided, 1roll.u1"E/\1J•, a-ya601ro,ouucu (compared with 5,' A. V. ; and gold for o,· yold, A. V. ; raiment for lp-yct>u ci-yaBwv), i)uuxia, /nro,,-a-yfi, (compared array, A.V. The apostle here pnsses on to with V1ro-rao-uOµeva.i), Q.'Yfa., -yuvai'KH, K.-r.>... the duties of womeu as members of the con- (compared with l1rayy,11.11.&µevalf B,ou,/3«a11). gregation, and he places first modesty of (See reference to St. Paul's Epistles in 2 deme1mour and dress, the contrary to these Pet. iii. 15.) being likely to prove a hurt and a hindrance Ver. 10.-Through for with, A.V. (The to their fellow-worshippers. Adom them- change from "with" to "through" is quite eelves in modest apparel. This is obviously unnecessary, though more strictly accurate. the true construction, 1<0uµ,eiv depending "With" does equally well for,., an<l o«f, the upon fJo~/\oµ,a,. There ia a little doubt as to one Bpplied to the ornaments and dress in or the exact meaning of 1<anu,,-011.fi here, the with which the woman adorns herself, the only place where it occurs in the :Sew Testa- other to the good works by which ahe ill mL"nt. Alford argues strongly in favour of adorned.) Professing godliness. In o.11 the meaning "apparel." But it may also other passages in the New Testament where mean "steadiness" or " quietness" of de- it occurs, E'1ra.-r,EA.Jt..ea9a, means "to promise." meanour; and then the phi-use will be exactly except in eh. vi. 21, where, as here, it means parallel to I Pet. iii. 5, " The incorruptible "to profess," aa it frequently does in cwsi- apparel of a meek and quiet spirit." And cal Greek : ,E1ra;,-yEA.A.eo-8a, rl.per-f,v, a-ocplav, the meaning will be, "Let Christian women etc. 0eoue/3.Ca only occurs here in the New adorn then,sel ves with a decent and well- Testament; but it is used in the LXX. in ordered quietness of demeanour, in strict Job x.xviii. 28; (;en. xx. II; also in Xeno- accordance with [or,• together with '] shame- phon. In John ix. 31 we have 0eou,M,,, fastness and sobriety [µ,,,,-d, • in strict accord "a worshipper of God.• Through good works. with,' or • together with'] not with braided Compare the description of Dorcas (Acts ix. hair," eto. A woman's true ornament is not 36, 39). 'Ep-ya 4-yaecl. mean especially acts the finery which she gets rrom the 11,illiner, of charity (comp. eh. v. 10; 2 Cor. ix. 8, but the chaste discretion which she bas rrom 9; Col. i. 11 ; elsewhere it is used more the Spirit of God. Modest (1<6uµ,10,); onl_v genero.lly, like (p-ya. 1<all.d, though thil phrus~ found in the New Testl\ment here aml in also snmetirnes points especially to acts of oh. iii. 2, where it is rendered " of good be- charity, as in eh. v. 10; vi. 18; Tito. iii. haviour" in the A.V., a11d "modest" in the H ; Heh. x. 2-l). me.rgin, "orderly" in the R.V. It is common Ver. 11. -.A for the, A.V.; quietness for i11 clo.,sir-al Greek in the sense of " well- sile11ce, A.V. Quietness is not so good 11 orue1·ed," "well-behaved.'' Shamefastness rendering as" silence," be<'ause the quit:lness (ai5C:,s, bashfulness). So the edition of IGI I; here meant is silence, as o.ppeu.rs clearly b~- •• ehamef11ced11ess" in the later euitions is e. the pure.lie! direction in I t.:or. xiv. 3-l. So corruption. Archbishop Trench compares t\cts xxii. 2, 1rapeux_ov ;,uvx_,a•• is properly "ateo.dfe.st," "sooth fast,''" r0otf'nst," 0 ma.ster- rend, red in the A. V ~ "They kept silence." fast,'' "footfast,'' "berlfast,'' with their snh- And ~""X."""" (Luke xiv. -l Bnd Acts xi. sto.ntives (' Synonym• of New 'feet.,'§ xx.). 18) is rencl, red, both iu the A.V. and the Sobriety (uw4>pou6.,.,,, as in ver. 15, q.v.); R.V., '"'l'hey held their peace." With all soundness, health, purity, and intrgrity subjection (,v .... &up /nron,,,17); as eh. iii. 4. of mind. 'A1rb -roii uc1,as irlls 4>plvas ExEiv The words occur also in 2 Cur. ix. 13; (Chryeostom, • Ap. Trench.'). Braided hair Gal. ii. 5. llut the verb /nro,,-&.uuoµa, is ( ,r,\;'-yµ,a,m); found only here in the N cw very common in the sense of "being sub- Testament, but used in Aquila ,md Th"odo- jed." It is used of the subjection of the tion, instead of the •"""•'• or ,r/\a1<eis of the wife to her huob&D.d (l Cor. xiv. 3!; Eph.  39 THE FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY. [on. n. l-16.