Table of Contents
Series Editors’ Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Historical Overview 1
The Interpretations 4
Areas of Interpretive Interest 8
The Commentary 14
1 1 Timothy 1 16
The Salutation (1:1–2; 2 Tim. 1–2; Titus 1:1–4) 17
The Opponents: Speculators (1:3–7; 4:1–5, 7; Titus 3:9) 19
The Opponents: On the Law (1:8–11) 23
“Paul” (1:12–17; Titus 3:3–4) 25
The Opponents: Excommunication (1:18–20; 2 Tim. 2:17; 4:14–15) 27
2 1 Timothy 2 32
The Church: Politics (2:1–2; Titus 3:1) 33
Theological Speculation: Christ as Mediator (2:4–6) 36
Women: Silence in the Church (2:8–14) 39
3 1 Timothy 3 49
The Church: Bishops and Deacons (3:1–13; 5:1, 17; Titus 1:5–9) 49
Theological Speculation: The Mystery (3:14–16) 59
4 1 Timothy 4 64
The Opponents: End Times (4:1–10; 2 Tim. 3:1) 65
5 1 Timothy 5 73
Women: Widows (5:1–10) 74
The Church: Elders (5:17–22; Titus 1:5) 83
Timothy (5:23–25) 86
6 1 Timothy 6 89
The Church: Slaves (6:1–2; Titus 2:9) 90
The Church: Wealthy Christians (6:6–10, 17–19) 95
Theological Speculation: God’s Dwelling and Being (6:12–16; 1 Tim. 1:17) 104
The Opponents: Dissent (6:2b–5, 20, 2 Timothy: 12, 14) 110
7 2 Timothy 1 114
The Thanksgiving (1:3–7) 115
Timothy: Ordination (1:6–8; 1 Tim. 1:18, 4:14–15) 117
Theological Speculation: God’s Plan (1:9–10; 4:1, 8; 1 Tim. 6:14; Titus 1:2; 3:4–5) 120
“Paul” (1:13–18; 4:11, 19) 125
8 2 Timothy 2 129
The Church: Pauline Succession (2:1–2) 129
The Church: Christian Soldiers (2:3–7) 132
“Paul”: The Gospel (2:8–10) 138
Theological Speculation: Divine Consistency (2:11–13; Titus 1:2) 139
The Opponents (2:14–18) 145
The Church: A Large House (2:19–26) 147
9 2 Timothy 3 153
The Opponents: Home Breakers (3:1–9) 154
“Paul”: Suffering (3:10–13) 158
The Church: Scripture (2:14–17) 160
10 2 Timothy 4 168
The Opponents: Entertaining Teachers (4:1–4) 168
“Paul”: The Good Fighter (4:6–8; cf. 1 Tim. 1:18; 6:12; 2 Tim. 2:5) 175
Conclusion and Greetings (4:9–22) 184
11 Titus 1 189
The Salutation (1:1–4; 2 Tim. 1:9) 190
The Opponents: Cretan Liars (1:9–16) 191
12 Titus 2 203
The Church: A Household Code (2:2–10) 203
Theological Speculation: Christ the God (2:11–14) 206
13 Titus 3 213
The Church: Baptism (3:1–11) 214
The Opponents: And Also Some Friends (3:10–11, 13) 218
Conclusion 226
Brief Biographies 230
Bibliography 236
Index of Biblical References 252
General Index 256
