New International Biblical Commentary: 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus

A section-by-section commentary on the New Testament, written by scholars for pastors, teachers, and students of the Bible.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Recipients; The Historical Situation of Paul; Occasion and Purpose; 1 Timothy; Titus; 2 Timothy; The Theology of the Epistles; The Gospel; Ethics; Eschatology; Church Order; Authorship; External Evidence; Language and Style; The Traditional Solution; 1 Timothy; 1 Salutation (1 Tim. 1:1-2); Additional Notes 1; 2 The Charge: Stop the False Teachers (1 Tim. 1:3-11); Additional Notes 2. Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Table of Contents Foreword Preface to the Revised Edition Preface to the Original Edition Abbreviations Introduction The Recipients The Historical Situation of Paul Occasion and Purpose 1 Timothy Titus 2 Timothy The Theology of the Epistles The Gospel Ethics Eschatology Church Order Authorship External Evidence Language and Style The Traditional Solution 1 Timothy 1 Salutation (1 Tim. 1:1-2) Additional Notes 1 2 The Charge: Stop the False Teachers (1 Tim. 1:3-11) Additional Notes 2. 3 A Testimony about the Gospel (1 Tim. 1:12-17)Additional Notes 3 4 The Charge Renewed (1 Tim. 1:18-20) Additional Notes 4 5 Proper Objects of Prayer (1 Tim. 2:1-7) Additional Notes 5 6 Proper Demeanor in Prayer (1 Tim. 2:8-15) Additional Notes 6 7 Qualifications for Overseers (1 Tim. 3:1-7) Additional Notes 7 8 Qualifications for Deacons (1 Tim. 3:8-13) Additional Notes 8 9 The Purpose of the Letter (1 Tim. 3:14-16) Additional Notes 9 10 The False Teachings Censured (1 Tim. 4:1-5) Additional Notes 10 11 Timothy's Personal Responsibilities (1 Tim. 4:6-16). Additional Notes 1112 Responsibilities toward Believers (1 Tim. 5:1-2) Additional Note 12 13 Instructions for Widows (1 Tim. 5:3-16) Additional Notes 13 14 Instructions about Elders (1 Tim. 5:17-25) Additional Notes 14 15 Instructions for Slaves (1 Tim. 6:1-2a) Additional Notes 15 16 Final Indictment of the False Teachers (1 Tim. 6:2b-10) Additional Notes 16 17 Final Exhortation to Timothy (1 Tim. 6:11-16) Additional Notes 17 18 A Word for Those Already Rich (1 Tim. 6:17-19) Additional Notes 18 19 The Final Charge (1 Tim. 6:20-21) Additional Notes 19 Titus. 1 Salutation (Titus 1:1-4)Additional Notes 1 2 The Appointment of Elders (Titus 1:5-9) Additional Notes 2 3 Warnings against False Teachings (Titus 1:10-16) Additional Notes 3 4 Instructions for Groups of Believers (Titus 2:1-10) Additional Notes 4 5 The Theological Basis for Christian Living (Titus 2:11-15) Additional Notes 5 6 Instructions for Living in State and Society (Titus 3:1-8) Additional Notes 6 7 Final Exhortations and Warnings against Errors (Titus 3:9-11) 8 Personal Instructions and Greetings (Titus 3:12-15) Additional Note 8 2 Timothy. 1 Salutation (2 Tim. 1:1-2)Additional Note 1 2 Thanksgiving (2 Tim. 1:3-5) Additional Notes 2 3 Appeal to Loyalty Despite Hardship (2 Tim. 1:6-14) Additional Notes 3 4 Examples of Disloyalty and Loyalty (2 Tim. 1:15-18) Additional Notes 4 5 The Appeal Renewed (2 Tim. 2:1-7) Additional Notes 5 6 Basis for the Appeal (2 Tim. 2:8-13) Additional Notes 6 7 Exhortation to Resist False Teachers (2 Tim. 2:14-19) Additional Notes 7 8 A Supporting Analogy from Household Vessels (2 Tim. 2:20-21) Additional Notes 8. 9 Timothy's Responsibilities in Light of the False Teachers (2 Tim. 2:22-26). The present edition of this commentary has been totally reset and rewritten to comment on the text of the New International Version (NIV). Nonetheless, it is still substantially the same as the original Good News Commentary, first published in 1984. These three letters (1 and 2 Timothy and Titus), called the Pastoral Epistles (PE) since the eighteenth century, purport to be letters from the Apostle Paul to two of his younger co-workers, whom he has left in charge of the churches in Ephesus and Crete, respectively. Since the early nineteenth century, however, when doubt was first expressed by F. Schleiermacher, a large array of arguments has been forthcoming that have called their authenticity into question, so that at present the large majority of NT (New Testament) scholars worldwide consider them not authored by Paul but by a pseudepigrapher (although a disciple of Paul), around the turn of the first century A.D. 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