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1 Timothy
1:11-17 --
Vincent's Word Studies
11 .
According to.
The connection is with the whole foregoing
statement about the law and its application, ver. 9
ff. The writer substantiates what he has just
said about the law, by a reference to the gospel. Comp. Rom.
2:16 .
The glorious
gospel of the blessed God
More correctly,
the gospel of the glory , etc. The
phrase as a whole has no parallel in N. T. The nearest approach
to it is 2 Cor. 4:4 .
Gospel of God
is a Pauline phrase; but μακάριος
blessed is
not used of God by Paul, nor elsewhere outside of the Pastorals,
where it occurs twice, here and ch. 6:15
. For blessed
see on Matt. 5:3 .
The appearing of the glory of God in Jesus Christ is the
contents of the gospel. Comp. Tit. 2:13
.
Which was
committed to my trust Or,
with which I was intrusted
. Comp. Tit. 1:3 ;
Rom. 3:2 ; 1 Cor. 9:17
; Gal. 2:7 ; 1 Th.
2:4 . The ἐγώ
I
emphatically asserts the authority of Paul against the “teachers
of the law” (ver. 7 ).
12 .
Hath enabled
An
unclassical word, found in Paul and Acts. See Acts 9:22
; Philip. 4:13 .
Three times in the Pastorals.
Counted
A common
Pauline word.
Putting
Better,
appointing
. The participle defines
counted me faithful
. He counted me faithful
in that he
appointed, etc.
Into the
ministry Better,
appointing me to his service
. The conventional phrase “the ministry”
gives a wrong impression. The term is
general, covering every mode of service, either to God or to
men. Διάκονοι
ministers is
used of the secular ruler, Rom. 13:4 .
See also 1 Cor. 12:5 ; 16:15
; 2 Cor. 3:7 , 8
; Eph. 4:12 , and
on minister
, Matt. 20:26 .
13 .
Blasphemer —
persecutor — injurious Neither
βλάσφημος nor
διώκτης is used
by Paul. βλάσφημος
in Acts 7:11 ; 2
Pet. 2:11 ;
διώκτης N. T.
o .;
ὑβριστής in Rom. 1:30
only; often in LXX. See on
blasphemy , Mk.
7:22 , and comp. 1 Cor. 10:30
. ῾Υβριστής
is one whose insolence and contempt of others
break forth in wanton and outrageous acts. Paul was
ὑβριστής when he
persecuted the church. He was ὑβρισθείς
shamefully entreated
at Philippi ( 1 Th.
2:2 ). Christ prophesies that the Son
of man shall be shamefully
entreated (
ὑβρισθήσεται , L. 18:32
). Similar regretful references of Paul to
his former career appear in Acts 22:4
; Gal. 1:13 , 23
. Such a passage may have occurred in some
Pauline letters to which this writer had access, or it may be an
imitation.
I obtained
mercy Comp. ver. 16
. In speaking of his conversion, Paul uses
χάρις grace
. See ver. 14 , and
comp. 1 Cor. 15:10 ; Gal. 1:15
. In referring to his call to the apostleship
he speaks of himself as one who has obtained
mercy (
ἠλεημένος ) of the
Lord to be faithful
. 1 Cor. 7:25 ;
comp. 2 Cor. 4:1 .
14 .
Was exceeding
abundant Or
abounded exceedingly
. N. T. o
. o
LXX. o
Class. Paul is fond of compounds with
ὑπὲρ , which, with a
few exceptions, are found only in his writings. In the Pastorals
there are only three. See 1 Tim. 2:2 ;
2 Tim. 3:2 .
With faith.
For faith as treated in the Pastorals, see
Introduction , and
sound doctrine
, ver. 10 .
15 .
This is a
faithful saying .
Better, faithful is the saying
. A favourite phrase in these Epistles.
o
P. See 1 Tim. 3:1 ; 4:9
; 2 Tim. 2:11 ;
Tit. 3:8 .
Worthy of all
acceptation The
phrase only here and ch. 4:9 Comp.
Acts 2:41 ,
received his
word. all
or every
describes the reception of which the saying
is worthy as complete and excluding all doubt.
Came into the
world The phrase is
unique in the Pastorals, and does not appear in Paul. It is
Johannine. See J. 1:9 ; 3:19
; 11:27 ; 12:46
.
To save
sinners
The thought is Pauline, but not the phrase. See L. 9:56
; 19:10 .
Chief
Or
foremost . Comp. 1 Cor. 15:9
, and Eph. 3:8 .
This expression is an advance on those.
16 .
First
Not the chief sinner, but the
representative instance of God’s longsuffering applied to a
high-handed transgressor. It is explained by
pattern .
All
longsuffering More
correctly, “all his
longsuffering.” The
A. V.
misses the possessive force of the article.
For longsuffering
see on be
patient , Jas. 5:7
. The form ἅπας
occurs as an undisputed reading only once in
Paul, Eph. 6:13 , and not there as an
adjective. Often in Acts and Luke. This use of the article with
the adjective πα̂ς
or ἅπας
is without parallel in Paul.
Pattern
Or,
ensample . Only here and 2 Tim.
1:13 .
o LXX.
o Class. An
example of the writer’s fondness for high-sounding compounds.
Paul uses τύπος
.
To them.
The A. V. conveys
the sense more clearly "of
them,” which is ambiguous. The genitive has a
possessive sense. He would be their ensample, or an ensample for
their benefit.
Believe
This verb, so frequent in Paul, occurs
six times in the Pastorals. In two instances, 1 Tim. 1:11
; Tit. 1:3 , it is
passive, in the sense of to be
intrusted with . Here in the
Pauline sense of believing on
Christ . In 1 Tim. 3:16
, passive, of Christ
believed on in the world
. In 2 Tim. 1:12 ,
of God the Father, in whom the writer confides to keep the trust
committed to him. In Tit. 3:8 , of
belief in God. With ἐπὶ
upon and the
dative, Rom. 9:33 ; 10:11
; 1 Pet. 2:6 (all
citations), and Rom. 4:18 ; L. 24:25
.
Unto life
everlasting Better,
eternal
life. See additional note on 2 Th. 1:9
. The conception of life eternal is not
limited to the future life (as von Soden). Godliness has promise
of the life which now is
, as well as of that which is to come (
1 Tim. 4:8 ). The
promise of eternal life ( 2 Tim. 1:1
) and the words
who brought life and immortality to light through the gospel
( 2 Tim. 1:10
) may fairly be taken to cover the present
life.
17 .
King eternal
the king of the ages
. Only here and Apoc. 15:3
. Comp. Heb. 1:2 ;
11:3 . In LXX, Tob. 6:10
. For kindred expressions in LXX, see Ex.
15:18 ; 1 Sam. 13:13
; Ps. 9:7 ; 28:10
; 73:12 ; 144:13
; 145:10 .
Vincent, M. R. 2002. Word
studies in the New Testament . Logos Research Systems,
Inc.: Bellingham, WA
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