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1 Timothy 2
15 verses with commentary
Instructions on Worship
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; exhort: or, desire
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<strong>I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;</strong> Paul transitions to corporate worship instructions with "I exhort" (<em>parakaleō</em>, παρακαλέω)—strongly urge or appeal. The word "therefore" connects these instructions to preceding themes: sound doctrine should produce godly practice, including proper pray...
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**II.**
(1) **I exhort therefore.**—Now Timothy was to begin to carry out his master St. Paul’s great charge—the charge which bade him teach all men to put their entire, their perfect, trust in the Saviour of sinners—by instructing the Church of Ephesus, in the first place, to pray constantly for all sorts and conditions of men. The detailed injunctions *how* the charge was to be carried out are i...
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**5. Mortify--**Greek, "make a corpse of"; "make dead"; "put to death."
**therefore--**(See on Col 3:3). Follow out to its necessary consequence the fact of your having once for all died with Christ spiritually at your regeneration, by daily "deadening your members," of which united "the body of the sins of the flesh" consists (compare Col 2:11). "The members" to be mortified are the fleshly ins...
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Chapter 2
Chapter Outline
The apostle reminds the Thessalonians of his preaching and behaviour.(1-12)
And of their receiving the gospel as the word of God.(13-16)
His joy on their account.(17-20)
**Verses 1-6**
The apostle had no wordly design in his preaching. Suffering in a good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at first met with much opposition; an...
Read full commentary →For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. authority: or, eminent place
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<strong>For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.</strong> Paul specifies that prayers for all people include especially "kings" (<em>basileōn</em>, βασιλέων) and "all that are in authority" (<em>pantōn tōn en hyperochē ontōn</em>, πάντων τῶν ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντων)—literally "all in high position." The plural "kings" may refe...
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(2) **For kings, and for all that are in authority.**—Without any special reference to the Roman emperors, the expression simply directs that prayer should be offered in all Christian congregations for the supreme authorities of the Roman empire, and especially of that particular province in which the church, where the prayer was offered, happened to be situate. Josephus especially mentions how a ...
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6. (See on Ep 5:6.)
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Chapter 2
Chapter Outline
The apostle reminds the Thessalonians of his preaching and behaviour.(1-12)
And of their receiving the gospel as the word of God.(13-16)
His joy on their account.(17-20)
**Verses 1-6**
The apostle had no wordly design in his preaching. Suffering in a good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at first met with much opposition; an...
Read full commentary →For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
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<strong>For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;</strong> Paul grounds the command to pray for all people in God's character and will. "This" refers to the practice of praying for all people, including governing authorities. Such prayer is "good" (<em>kalon</em>, καλόν)—intrinsically right, noble, and beautiful. It is also "acceptable" (<em>apodekton</em>, ἀπόδεκτον)—pleasi...
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(3) **For this is good and acceptable.**—That prayer be offered for all sorts and conditions of men is good and acceptable before God.
**In the sight of God our Saviour.**—Here, as in 1Timothy 1:1, this title of “Saviour” is given to the Father, and is in this place singularly applicable, as it immediately precedes the famous statement of the next verse, respecting the boundless mercy of the Etern...
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**7. sometime--**"once."
**walked ... when ye lived in them--**These sins were the very element in which ye "lived" (before ye became once for all dead with Christ to them); no wonder, then, that ye "walked" in them. Compare on the opposite side, "living in the Spirit," having as its legitimate consequence, "walking in the Spirit" (Ga 5:25). The "living" comes first in both cases, the walking fo...
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Chapter 2
Chapter Outline
The apostle reminds the Thessalonians of his preaching and behaviour.(1-12)
And of their receiving the gospel as the word of God.(13-16)
His joy on their account.(17-20)
**Verses 1-6**
The apostle had no wordly design in his preaching. Suffering in a good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at first met with much opposition; an...
Read full commentary →Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
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<strong>Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.</strong> This verse explains why praying for all people is acceptable to God: He "will have" (<em>thelei</em>, θέλει)—desires or wishes—"all men to be saved" (<em>pantas anthrōpous sōthēnai</em>, πάντας ἀνθρώπους σωθῆναι). The word "all" is comprehensive—God's saving desire extends to all humanity without excep...
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(4) **Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.**—Here St. Paul gives some explanation of his exhortation, that “the congregation should pray for all men.” Our prayers after all—for those far off, as well as for those near—will be in strict harmony with the will of God. “Imitate God,” writes St. Chrysostom;” if He wills that all men should be saved, it is sure...
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**8. But now--**that ye are no longer living in them.
**ye also--**like other believers; answering to "ye also" (Col 3:7) like other unbelievers formerly.
**put off--**"Do ye also put away all these," namely, those just enumerated, and those which follow [Alford].
**anger, wrath--**(See on Ep 4:31).
**blasphemy--**rather, "reviling," "evil-speaking," as it is translated in Ep 4:31.
**fil...
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Chapter 2
Chapter Outline
The apostle reminds the Thessalonians of his preaching and behaviour.(1-12)
And of their receiving the gospel as the word of God.(13-16)
His joy on their account.(17-20)
**Verses 1-6**
The apostle had no wordly design in his preaching. Suffering in a good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at first met with much opposition; an...
Read full commentary →For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
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<strong>For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;</strong> Paul grounds God's universal saving will in two foundational truths. First, "there is one God" (<em>heis theos</em>, εἷς θεός)—monotheism, the bedrock of biblical theology (Deuteronomy 6:4). The numerical "one" emphasizes exclusivity: only one true God exists. This God is Creator of all, Lord of all,...
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(5) **For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.**—“*For.”* This gives the reason why it is good and well-pleasing in the sight of God that Christians should pray for all—for there is one Saviour, God the Father, who wills that all should be saved, and there is one Mediator, Christ Jesus, who has given Himself as ransom for all. Surely then, to us who call ou...
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9. (Ep 4:25.)
**put off--**Greek, "wholly put off"; utterly renounced [Tittmann]. (Ep 4:22).
**the old man--**the unregenerate nature which ye had before conversion.
**his deeds--**habits of acting.
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Chapter 2
Chapter Outline
The apostle reminds the Thessalonians of his preaching and behaviour.(1-12)
And of their receiving the gospel as the word of God.(13-16)
His joy on their account.(17-20)
**Verses 1-6**
The apostle had no wordly design in his preaching. Suffering in a good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at first met with much opposition; an...
Read full commentary →Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. to: or, a testimony
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<strong>Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.</strong> Paul describes Christ's mediatorial work: He "gave himself" (<em>dous heauton</em>, δοὺς ἑαυτόν)—voluntary self-sacrifice. No one took Christ's life; He laid it down willingly (John 10:18). This self-giving was "a ransom" (<em>antilytron</em>, ἀντίλυτρον), a compound word intensifying <em>lytron</em> (λύτρον, ransom o...
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(6) **Who gave himself a ransom for all.**—The declaration (of 1Timothy 2:5) that there was one God for fallen man would have been scarcely a joyful proclamation had it not been immediately followed by the announcement that between that one God and sinning man there was a mediator, Now (in 1Timothy 2:6) we have in a few words the inspired description of the manner in which the Mediator performed H...
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**10. the new man--**(See on Ep 4:23). Here (neon) the Greek, means "the recently-put-on nature"; that lately received at regeneration (see on Ep 4:23, 24).
**which is renewed--**Greek, "which is being renewed" (anakainottmenou); namely, its development into a perfectly renewed nature is continually progressing to completion.
**in knowledge--**rather as the Greek, "unto perfect knowledge" (see...
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Chapter 2
Chapter Outline
The apostle reminds the Thessalonians of his preaching and behaviour.(1-12)
And of their receiving the gospel as the word of God.(13-16)
His joy on their account.(17-20)
**Verses 1-6**
The apostle had no wordly design in his preaching. Suffering in a good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at first met with much opposition; an...
Read full commentary →Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
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<strong>Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.</strong> Paul asserts his apostolic calling to proclaim the gospel to Gentiles. "Whereunto" connects to verse 6—for the purpose of testifying to Christ's ransom, Paul was "ordained" (<em>etethēn</em>, ἐτέθην), literally "appointed" or "placed." This...
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(7) **Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle . . .**—Whereunto, or “for which witness.” To announce which witness—the witness being the suffering and the death of Christ—St. Paul was ordained an Apostle—the reference being entirely to what preceded.
**I speak the truth . . .** **and lie not.**—The warmth with which St. Paul here asserted his divinely conferred commission as preacher an...
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**11. Where--**Translate, "Wherein," namely, in the sphere of the renewed man.
**neither ... nor ... nor ... nor--**Translate as Greek, "There is no such thing as Greek and Jew (the difference of privilege between those born of the natural seed of Abraham and those not, is abolished), circumcision and uncircumcision (the difference of legal standing between the circumcised and uncircumcised is d...
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**Verses 7-12**
Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be faithful to our calling as Christians, but in our particular callings and relations. Our great gospel privilege is, that God has called us to his kingdom and glory. The great gospel duty i...
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I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
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<strong>I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.</strong> Paul transitions to specific instructions for corporate worship, beginning with men's prayer. "I will therefore" (<em>boulomai oun</em>, βούλομαι οὖν) indicates authoritative instruction based on preceding theology. "Men" (<em>andras</em>, ἄνδρας) specifically means males, not generic hu...
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(8) **I will therefore.**—The Apostle here again turns to the subject of “public prayer,” now giving directions respecting the persons who should offer their prayers, and also telling them how these public requests to God should be made. “I will therefore” expresses on St. Paul’s part no mere wish or desire, but it is the expression of his solemn apostolical authority. It might be rendered, *I des...
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**12. the elect of God--**There is no "the" in the Greek, "God's elect" (compare Ro 8:3; 1Th 1:4). The order of the words "elect, holy, beloved," answers to the order of the things. Election from eternity precedes sanctification in time; the sanctified, feeling God's love, imitate it [Bengel].
**bowels of mercies--**Some of the oldest manuscripts read singular, "mercy." Bowels express the yearni...
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**Verses 7-12**
Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be faithful to our calling as Christians, but in our particular callings and relations. Our great gospel privilege is, that God has called us to his kingdom and glory. The great gospel duty i...
Read full commentary →In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; broided: or, plaited
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<strong>In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;</strong> Paul turns to instructions for women in worship, emphasizing internal character over external appearance. "In like manner" connects to verse 8—just as men should pray with holy hands, women should adorn themselves appropr...
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(9) **In like manner also, that women.**—The Apostle continues his official injunctions in reference to public prayer. “Likewise,” he goes on to say, “I desire that women, when they pray”—women also in the congregation had their duties as well as the men—while the latter were directed to conduct and lead the public prayer, the women who worshipped with them were enjoined, as their part of the sole...
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**13. Forbearing--**as to present offenses.
**forgiving--**as to past offenses.
**quarrel--**rather as Greek, "cause of blame," "cause of complaint."
**Christ--**who had so infinitely greater cause of complaint against us. The oldest manuscripts and Vulgate read "the Lord." English Version is supported by one very old manuscript and old versions. It seems to have crept in from Ep 4:32.
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**Verses 7-12**
Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be faithful to our calling as Christians, but in our particular callings and relations. Our great gospel privilege is, that God has called us to his kingdom and glory. The great gospel duty i...
Read full commentary →But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
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<strong>But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.</strong> Paul contrasts external adornment (v. 9) with internal character expressed through action. The true adornment for "women professing godliness" (<em>gynaixin epangellomenais theosebeian</em>, γυναιξὶν ἐπαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν) is "good works" (<em>ergōn agathōn</em>, ἔργων ἀγαθῶν). "Professing" (<em>epangellomai</em...
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(10) **But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.**—That is to say, “Let them adorn themselves in that which is befitting women who profess godliness—viz., in good works.” The Apostle, still speaking of women’s true part in public divine service—urges that their *works* should be in accord with their *words* of prayer—tells them that a woman’s truest and most beautiful orname...
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**14. above--**rather "over," as in Ep 6:16. Charity, which is the crowning grace, covering the multitude of others' sins (1Pe 4:8), must overlie all the other graces enumerated.
**which is--**that is, "for it is"; literally, "which thing is."
**bond of perfectness--**an upper garment which completes and keeps together the rest, which, without it, would be loose and disconnected. Seeming grace...
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**Verses 7-12**
Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be faithful to our calling as Christians, but in our particular callings and relations. Our great gospel privilege is, that God has called us to his kingdom and glory. The great gospel duty i...
Read full commentary →Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
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<strong>Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.</strong> Paul continues instructions regarding women in church worship, addressing learning and teaching roles. "Let the woman learn" (<em>gynē en hēsychia manthanetō</em>, γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω) is actually progressive—in contrast to some Jewish and pagan contexts where women were denied education, Paul affirms women should learn Chri...
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(11) **Let the woman learn in silence.**—The thought of public ministration is still in the Apostle’s mind, when he gives this injunction. The very questioning on difficult points is forbidden them at the public assembly (1Corinthians 14:35). So averse was St. Paul to anything which might mar the quiet solemnity of these meetings for prayer and praise and authoritative instruction.
This prohibitio...
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**15. peace of God--**The oldest manuscripts and versions read, "The peace of Christ" (compare Php 4:7). "The peace of God." Therefore Christ is God. Peace was His legacy to His disciples before He left them (Joh 14:27), "My peace I give unto you." Peace is peculiarly His to give. Peace follows love (Col 3:14; Ep 4:2, 3).
**rule--**literally, "sit as umpire"; the same Greek verb simple, as appea...
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**Verses 7-12**
Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be faithful to our calling as Christians, but in our particular callings and relations. Our great gospel privilege is, that God has called us to his kingdom and glory. The great gospel duty i...
Read full commentary →But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
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<strong>But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.</strong> This verse has generated extensive debate but states Paul's restriction clearly: he does not "suffer" (<em>epitrepō</em>, ἐπιτρέπω—permit or allow) a woman "to teach" (<em>didaskein</em>, διδάσκειν) or "to usurp authority over the man" (<em>authentein andros</em>, αὐθεντεῖν ἀνδρός). "Teac...
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(12) **But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.**—The whole purpose of these weighty admonitions of the great founder of the Gentile Churches relegates Christian women to their own legitimate sphere of action and influence—the quiet of their own homes. St. Paul caught well the spirit of his Master here. He raised once and for ever the women of C...
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16. The form which "thankfulness" (Col 3:15) ought to take.
**Let the word of Christ--**the Gospel word by which ye have been called.
**richly--**(Col 2:2; Ro 15:14).
**in all wisdom--**Alford joins this clause with "teaching," &c., not with "dwell in you," as English Version, for so we find in Col 1:28, "teaching in all wisdom," and the two clauses will thus correspond, "In all wisdom t...
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**Verses 7-12**
Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be faithful to our calling as Christians, but in our particular callings and relations. Our great gospel privilege is, that God has called us to his kingdom and glory. The great gospel duty i...
Read full commentary →For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
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<strong>For Adam was first formed, then Eve.</strong> Paul grounds his prohibition of women teaching or exercising authority over men (v. 12) in creation order, not cultural accommodation. "For" (<em>gar</em>, γάρ) introduces the theological rationale. "Adam was first formed" (<em>Adam gar prōtos eplasthē</em>, Ἀδὰμ γὰρ πρῶτος ἐπλάσθη) appeals to Genesis 2:7, where God formed man first from dust. ...
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(13) **For Adam was first formed, then Eve.**—The Holy Spirit seems often (comp. especially Galatians 3:16 and following verses, and 4:22 and following verses, and 1Corinthians 10:1-10) to have moved St. Paul to weave into the tapestry of his arguments and exhortations to the different churches, facts and principles drawn from Old Testament history. His early training in the great Rabbinical schoo...
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17. Literally, "And everything whatsoever ye do ... do all," &c.; this includes words as well as deeds.
**in the name of the Lord Jesus--**as disciples called by His name as His, seeking His guidance and help, and desiring to act so as to gain His approval (Ro 14:8; 1Co 10:31; 2Co 5:15; 1Pe 4:11). Compare "in the Lord," Col 3:18, and "Christ is all," Col 3:11.
**God and the Father--**The o...
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**Verses 13-16**
We should receive the word of God with affections suitable to its holiness, wisdom, truth, and goodness. The words of men are frail and perishing, like themselves, and sometimes false, foolish, and fickle; but God's word is holy, wise, just, and faithful. Let us receive and regard it accordingly. The word wrought in them, to make them examples to others in faith and good works...
Read full commentary →And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
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<strong>And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.</strong> Paul adds a second theological rationale from the fall narrative (Genesis 3). "Adam was not deceived" (<em>Adam ouk ēpatēthē</em>, Ἀδὰμ οὐκ ἠπατήθη) indicates he sinned with eyes open, knowing he violated God's command. "But the woman being deceived" (<em>gynē exapatētheisa</em>, γυνὴ ἐξαπατηθεῖσα) s...
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(14) **And Adam was not deceived.**—Priority in creation was the ground alleged by St. Paul as the reason why the woman was never to exercise authority over man, the eldest born of God. “Adam was not deceived;” the Apostle now refers to the general basis of his direction respecting the exclusion of women from all public praying and teaching contained in 1Timothy 2:9-12. The argument here is a sing...
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**18. unto your own husbands--**The oldest manuscripts omit "own," which crept in from Ep 5:22.
**as it is fit in the Lord--**Greek, "was fit," implying that there was at Colosse some degree of failure in fulfilling this duty, "as it was your duty to have done as disciples of the Lord."
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**Verses 13-16**
We should receive the word of God with affections suitable to its holiness, wisdom, truth, and goodness. The words of men are frail and perishing, like themselves, and sometimes false, foolish, and fickle; but God's word is holy, wise, just, and faithful. Let us receive and regard it accordingly. The word wrought in them, to make them examples to others in faith and good works...
Read full commentary →Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
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<strong>Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing</strong> (σωθήσεται δὲ διὰ τῆς τεκνογονίας, <em>sōthēsetai de dia tēs teknogonias</em>)—'yet she will be saved through childbearing.' This is one of Scripture's most debated verses. <em>Sōzō</em> (save) likely doesn't mean eternal salvation by bearing children (contradicting salvation by faith alone), but rather preservation or fulfillment...
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(15) **Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing.**—The last words are more accurately and forcibly rendered—*through the childbearing.* With that tender and winning courtesy to which, no doubt, humanly speaking, the great missionary owes so much of his vast influence over human hearts, St. Paul, now anxious lest he had wounded with his severe words and stern precepts his Ephesian sisters...
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19. (Ep 5:22-33.)
**be not bitter--**ill-tempered and provoking. Many who are polite abroad, are rude and bitter at home because they are not afraid to be so there.
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**Verses 13-16**
We should receive the word of God with affections suitable to its holiness, wisdom, truth, and goodness. The words of men are frail and perishing, like themselves, and sometimes false, foolish, and fickle; but God's word is holy, wise, just, and faithful. Let us receive and regard it accordingly. The word wrought in them, to make them examples to others in faith and good works...
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