Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [2 Timothy: Chapter 1].
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1:1 {According to the promise of the life which is in Christ
Jesus} (\kat' epaggelian z••s t•s en Christ•i I•sou\). "With a
view to the fulfilment of the promise." See Tit 1:1 for this
same use of \kata\. For \kat' epaggelian\ see Ga 3:29. See 1Ti
4:8 for the phrase "promise of life." Here or there "life that
in Christ Jesus" includes the present as well as the future.
1:2 {Beloved} (\agap•toi\). Instead of \gn•si•i\ (genuine) in
1Ti 1:2. He had already called Timothy \agap•ton\ (verbal
adjective of \agapa•\) in 1Co 4:17, an incidental and strong
proof that it is Paul who is writing here. This argument applies
to each of the Pastorals for Paul is known by other sources (Acts
and previous Pauline Epistles) to sustain precisely the
affectionate relation toward Timothy and Titus shown in the
Pastorals.
1:3 {I thank} (\charin ech•\). "I have gratitude." As in 1Ti
1:12. Robinson cites examples of this phrase from the papyri. It
occurs also in Lu 17:9; Ac 2:47. \Charis\ in doxologies Paul
uses (1Co 15:57; 2:14; 8:16; 9:15; Ro 6:17; 7:25). His usual
idiom is \eucharist•\ (1Co 1:4; Ro 1:8; Phm 1:4; Php 1:3) or
\eucharistoumen\ (1Th 1:2; Col 1:3) or \ou pauomai eucharist•n\
(Eph 1:16) or \eucharistein opheilomen\ (2Th 1:3). {Whom I
serve from my forefathers} (\h•i latreu• apo progon•n\). The
relative \h•i\ is the dative case with \latreu•\ (see Ro 1:9
for this verb), progressive present (I have been serving). For
\progon•n\ (forefathers) see 1Ti 5:4. Paul claims a pious
ancestry as in Ac 24:14; Ac 26:5; Ga 2:14; Php 3:4-7. {In a
pure conscience} (\en kathar•i suneid•sei\). See 1Ti 1:5; Ac
23:1. {Unceasing} (\adialeipton\). Late and rare compound, in
N.T. only here and Ro 9:2 which see. The adverb \adialeipt•s\
is more frequent (in the papyri, literary _Koin•_, 1Th 1:2; Ro
1:9). The adjective here is the predicate accusative, "how I
hold the memory concerning thee unceasing." The use of
\adialeipt•s\ (adverb) is a sort of epistolary formula (papyri,
1Th 1:2; 2:13; 5:17; Ro 1:9). {Remembrance} (\mneian\). Old
word, in N.T. only Pauline (seven times, 1Th 1:2; Ro 1:9; Php
1:3).
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(2 Timothy: Chapter 1)