Bible Commentary

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 14. the woman being deceived was in the transgression ] The compound verb should be read as in 2Co 11:3, ‘as the serpent beguiled Eve’; ‘Adam was not beguiled,’ a general negative, limited by the compound verb following, ‘you may say … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 2:14”

For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 13. ‘The Apostle appeals to the original order and course of things. By inverting this relative position and calling the helpmate assuming the place of the head or guide, and the head facilely yielding to her governance was the happy constitution of Paradise overthrown.’ Fairbairn. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 2:13”

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 12. The direction is made more emphatic by the position of the verb ‘to teach’ (according to the better supported reading) at the beginning of the clause: But teaching I permit not to a woman. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 2:12”

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 11. Let the woman learn in silence ] The reference is still to the public assemblies. The exact rendering in our idiom of the article is, with R.V., Let a woman learn, in silence, in quiet, as in 1Ti 2:2. Cf. 1Co 14:34-35. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 2:11”

But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. 10. which becometh women professing godliness ] Best as A.V. and R.V. forming a parenthesis to justify the boldness of the dress recommended immediately after. godliness ] The noun occurs only here, the adjective only in Joh 9:31, ‘a worshipper of God.’ It seems to be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 2:10”

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array. 9. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves ] The point of likeness consists in the fitting attitude of men and of women towards Public Worship and Common … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 2:9”

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. 8 15. Common Prayer. The part to be taken in Public Worship by men and by women 8. I will therefore that men pray every where ] (1) the position of ‘pray’ shews the resumption of this subject as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 2:8”

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. 7. Whereunto ] For the ministry of which, the True Testimony. I am ordained ] There is in the Greek an emphasis on ‘I,’ Whereunto I remember was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 2:7”

Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. 6. a ransom ] The word is a compound naturally formed, as time passed, to represent Christ’s own teaching, antilutron thus recalling the lutron anti of Mat 20:28; Mar 10:45. On this last verse Maclear distinguishes, from Trench’s Syn., p. 276, the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 2:6”

For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 5. For there is one God ] Usually taken as a proof of God’s willing all men to be saved, as in the quotation from Theodore, 1Ti 2:4. But the parallel passage is ch. 1Ti 3:15-16, where the test … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Timothy 2:5”