The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Timothy — Section 65

xi. 11). So in Justin Martyr the bishop la aeived of aa 111)88]dng by the mouth of c-.oJ.led d ..-po,a-..-iiiniiiv d6,~<1>o'w ('Apology,' 11) traducers and villil8l'II of the Ohurob, 111 in 11,nd simply d ..-po,a-..-ii,s, and similarly in Heh. nr.7. :xiii. 7 the clergy are o1 -lryooµ.vo, v,.,.,., "they Ver. 7.-Good tEstimony from for a good which have the rule over vou." How needful, report of, A.V.; that for uihich, A.V. Good t.ben, is it that be sbouid rule well hie own testimony (µa.p-rvpia.v ,ca>,.1111; see oh. v. 10). houee, and bRve bis own children in sub- So it is said of Timothy himself the.t lµ,a.p- jection I The testimony given in this pas~age .,.up,,,,.o, "be was well reported of by the to a mll.rl'ied clergy is tt>o clear to need any brethren" (Acts xvi. 2), In e.coordance <'omment. In subjection U• v1rorn"Y?i); a.s with this rule, letters testimonial 11,re re- 1tbove, eh. ii. 11, where see note. For the quired of all persons to be ordained. Note sense, comp. Titus i. 6, which leads us to the importance of characl,er in e. olergyme.n npply the words, with all gravity (<T<µvd- (comp. 2 Cor. vi. 3). Them that are without ,71.,.os. the cuntrary to "riot," a.tTw..-(a), to (-riiiv •l .. O,v); used in Matt. xxiii. 27; Luke the children. The children of the ..,.-[.,-,co,ros xi. 39; I Pet. iii. 3; Rev. xi. 2, etc., of the.t are to eilibit that seriousness and sobriety which is ouf-side or ezternal litere.lly, as of oonduct which is in e.ccordance with their the outside of the oup, the outer ornament of father's office, µnci.., together 1oith, as in the body, the outside of the sepulchre, the eh. i_ H. outer court of the temple. It is synonymous Ver. 5.-But for for, A.V., knoweth for with the more common form, l(w. (For the know, A.V. phre.ee, "they that are without" (o/ l(w), as Ver. 6.-Putfed up for lift,ed up uiith pride, applied to those who are not members of the A.V. A novioe (v,oq,v..-ov); only here in the Church, see Mark iv. 11; John ix. 34, 35; \' ew Testament. but fonnd repeatfldly in the I Cor. v. 12, 13; Col. iv. 5; 1 These. iv. 12.) LX.X.. in its Ii teral sense of "a tree " or The opposite is fr.,, f.,-.,9~,, (1 Cor. v. 12; .. plantation " newly planted (Ps. cx.xvii. Matt. xxiii. 25, etc.). So ez(Jteric and esoteric, 3 ( cxxviii. 3, A_ V.) ; cxliv. 12 ; Isa. v. 7). of doctrines intended respectively for the Here the fliJ'l7ice or neophyiA! is one recently outside world or the inner circle of disci plee. converted and received into the Church Reproach ( i,., .. 3,.,.µ,611); the reproaches 11,nd (comp. l Cor. iii 6; Isa. lxi. 3). As such revilings ce.et upon him by unbelievers he is not yet fit to be a ru 1er and a teacher (Rom. xv. 3 ; Heh. x. 33; xi. _26; xiii. 13). ,f the brethren. The reason follows. Leet The verb ,w,.6l("" has the same sense (eh. being puffed up he fall into the condemna- iv. 10; Matt. v. 11 ; Mark x:v. 32; Luke vi. tion of the devil Tvq,a,8,ls, puffed up, is 22; 1 Pet. iv. 14), and so in olaseioe.l Greek. peculiar in the New Testament to the This reproach is further described as the paetore.l Epistles (eh. vi. 4; 2 Tim. iii. 4), snare of the devil (comp. eh. vi. 9; 2 Tim. from 'Tvq,os, smoke ( comp. >,.lvov .,.vq,&µ,,vov, ii. 26), bec11,uee it is through these revilinge "smoking flax," Matt. :xii. 10). The idea the.t the devil seeks to impe.ir the power of eeeIW! to be " lightness," "emptiness," his ministry and frighten him from the and "ele.tion." Some add that of" obecura.- exercise of it. The genitive Toii 6111/3&>,.ou tion " ea by smoke; -rv,p&w, to wrap in depends only upon ,ra')'llia, not upon .,,,,.. smoke; -,,.,-{,,p .. µa., to be wrapt in clouds 6,uµ,&v. The ,ca.l does not indicate that there of oonoeit e.ud folly (Liddell e.nd Scott). a.re two separate things into whioh he fa.Ila, TIUJ oundemnatwn of the de-uil. A eom&- but adds, 11,s e. description of the ov,i6urµ,&r, whe.t obscure phrase. It means either (1) ths.t it is "a snare of the devil." The idea the same cond~wnation as that into which the in 1 Pet. v. 8 is e.n11,logoue. There it is by devil fell through pride,--snd so Chrysoatom, a.fftictiom that the devil seeks to devolll' the Olshau..en, Bishop Ellicott, Wordsworth, disciple who is we11,k in faith. Those e.lllic- Alford, etc., lake it; or (2) the condemnation tione might well be described as ,ra')'llia Toi or accuae.tion of the d~vil In the latter l'i,af36>,.ov, "a. sn11,re of the devil," set for weak C&Be ,cp,µ,a would be used in the same seilB8 mule. as 1<p[.,.., in Jude 9, and would mean the Ver. 8.-Deacona in lilui man11er must for charge pref{:rred against him by "the likewise must the deaoons, A. V. Grave e.ccW1er of the Lrethren" (comp. Job i. 9; (a-,µ,1106,); in Phil. iv. 8 rendered "honest" Li. 4, 5). One of the senses of ,cplv.. is "to in the A. V., and "honourable" in the R.V., aoou.ee "-like KaT'l')'op,iv(Liddell e.nd Scott). and "venerable" in the margin. None of And this view agrees with oJ'ufiurµ,011 ,cal the words a.re satisfactory, but "honest " in 1rcryil'ia -roii l'i,af36Aov in ver. 7, which mee.ne, the sense of honnet,e, i.e. "respectable," not the trap into which the devil fell, but " beooming the dignity of e. man," oomes the tre.p le.id by the devil. It remains doubt- nearest to the meaning of u,µ,.,&s. "Av11p ful which is the true sense, but (2) seems, on a-,µ110, is a man who inapires respect by hi@ thtl whole, ihe most probable. The devil conduct and de~rtment. It occurs again in (-rou l'iuif3&>,.ov) can only mean Satan (Matt. ,:er. 11 e.nd in Titus ii. 2. Double-tongued iv. 1; xiii. 89, etc), though pouibly con• , (lli>wrygus); only here In the New 'I estament,  Oil. III, 1-16.] 'l'IIE FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMO'rHY. 53