Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Timothy: Chapter 1].
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1:1 {According to the commandment} (\kat' epitag•n\). A late
_Koin•_ word (Polybius, Diodorus), but a Pauline word also in
N.T. This very idiom ("by way of command") in 1Co 7:6; 2Co 8:8;
Ro 16:26; 1Ti 1:1; Tit 1:3. Paul means to say that he is an
apostle under orders. {Of God our Saviour} (\theou s•t•ros
h•m•n\). Genitive case with \epitag•n\. In the LXX \s•t•r\ (old
word from \s•z•\ for agent in saving, applied to deities,
princes, kings, etc.) occurs 20 times, all but two to God. The
Romans called the emperor "Saviour God." In the N.T. the
designation of God as Saviour is peculiar to Lu 1:47; Jude 1:25;
1Ti 1:3; 2:3; 4:10; Tit 1:3; 2:10; 3:4. In the other Epistles
Paul uses it of Christ (Php 3:20; Eph 5:23) as in 2Ti 1:10.
In 2Pe 1:1 we have "our God and Saviour Jesus Christ" as in
Tit 2:13. {Our hope} (\t•s elpidos h•m•n\). Like Col 1:27.
More than the author and object of hope, "its very substance and
foundation" (Ellicott).
1:2 {True} (\gn•si•i\). Legitimate, not spurious. Old word from
\ginomai\, but Pauline only in N.T. (Php 4:3; 2Co 8:8; Tit
1:4). In Php 2:20 the adverb \gn•si•s\ occurs and of Timothy
again. {Christ Jesus} (\Christou I•sou\). So twice already in
verse 1 and as usual in the later Epistles (Col 1:1; Eph
1:1).
1:3 {As I exhorted} (\kath•s parekalesa\). There is an ellipse of
the principal clause in verse 4 ({so do I now} not being in the
Greek). {To tarry} (\prosmeinai\). First aorist active infinitive
of \prosmen•\, old verb, attributed by Luke to Paul in Ac
13:43. {That thou mightest charge} (\hina paraggeil•is\).
Subfinal clause with \hina\ and the first aorist active
subjunctive of \paraggell•\, old verb, to transmit a message
along (\para\) from one to another. See 2Th 3:4,6,10. Lock
considers this idiom here an elliptical imperative like Eph
4:29; 5:33. {Certain men} (\tisin\). Dative case. Expressly
vague (no names as in 1:20), though Paul doubtless has certain
persons in Ephesus in mind. {Not to teach a different doctrine}
(\m• heterodidaskalein\). Earliest known use of this compound
like \kakodidaskalein\ of Clement of Rome. Only other N.T.
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(1 Timothy: Chapter 1)