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Walter Liefield reveals the context and meanings of Paul's letters to two leaders in the early Christian church. He explores the present-day implications of these epistles and helps the reader to accurately apply the principles they contain to contemporary issues.

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Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from the twentieth century to the first century. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey on our own. In other words, they focus on the original meaning of the passage but don't discuss its contemporary application. The information they offer is valuable -- but the job is only half done! The NIV Application Commentary Series helps us with both halves of the interpretive task. This new and unique series shows readers how to bring an ancient message into modern context. It explains not only what the Bible means but also how it can speak powerfully today.

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The NIV Application Commentary: 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus Copyright 1999 by Walter L. Liefeld Requests for information should be addressed to:Zondervan Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Liefeld, Walter L. 1 and 2 Timothy/Titus / Walter L. Liefeld. p. cm.---(NIV application commentary) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN: 0--310--50110--5 1. Bible. N.T. Pastoral Epistles---Commentaries. I. Title. II. Title: First and second Timothy/Titus. III. Series. BS 2735.3.L54 1999 227'.83077---dc21 99--18861 CIPThis edition printed on acid-free paper.All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means---electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other---except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.Printed in the United States of America04 05 06 07 08 / . DC / 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6We want to hear from you. Please send your comments about this book to us in care of zreview@zondervan.com. Thank you. PAUL, AN APOSTLE of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 2To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.THE OPENING LINES of letters at the time of the New Testament followed a conventional style, which included the names of both sender and recipient, with some kind words concerning the latter and solicitous wishes for his or her well-being.The Sender and His Authority (1:1a)PAUL'S IDENTIFICATION OF himself as 'an apostle of Christ Jesus' is similar to the way he identifies himself in every other letter except Philippians and 1 and 2 Thessalonians. In Galatians, where he was preparing to make some strong authoritative declarations about what the true gospel is and what it means, he enlarged on the implications of his unique apostleship (Gal. 1:1-- 2). Here, where he is going to address false teaching, he uses the unusual phrase 'by the command of God our Savior.' We know from several passages that Paul understood his being an apostle as a calling (cf. Rom. 1:1) 'by the will of God' (1 Cor. 1:1; 2 Cor. 1:1; Eph. 1:1), but this is the only salutation in a letter where he attributes his ministry to God's 'command.' The strong word used here (epitage) occurs again in 1:5, 18; 4:11; 5:7; 6:13, 17; Titus 1:3; 2:15.2Distinctive Elements About God and Jesus (1:1b)PAUL CALLS GOD 'our Savior.' We are so used to thinking of Jesus as our Savior that the use of that term to describe God arrests our attention. The phrase 'God our Savior' occurs only five times in the entire Old Testament (1 Chron.16:35; Ps. 65:5; 68:19; 79:9; 85:4) and only six times in the New Testament, of which five are in the Pastoral Letters (here; 1 Tim 2:3; Titus 1:3; 2:10; 3:4; Jude 25). In Titus 1:3 the phrase occurs in the salutation, as here, where it is also linked with the word 'command.'It is striking to realize that although the word 'salvation' appears fortysix times in the New Testament and the word 'save' 107 times, 'Savior' occurs only twenty-four times. In Paul's letters it occurs only twice outside of the Pastorals (Eph. 5:23; Phil. 3:20), but ten times within them (1 Tim. 1:1; 2:3; 4:10; 2 Tim. 1:10; Titus 1:3, 4; 2:10, 13; 3:4, 6). Almost half of the appearances of this word in the New Testament, therefore, are in the Pastoral Letters. Such words give Paul's opening words to Timothy (and also those to Titus) a weight of authority and majesty. The God who brought about the salvation of Israel time and time again has the authority to command Paul regarding the preservation of the true faith.Paul goes on to describe Christ Jesus as 'our hope.' This phrase does not occur anywhere else, nor does the phrase 'God our hope,' but certainly the idea does. For example, 'May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you' (Ps. 33:22). Three texts in Titus have the word 'hope': 'the hope of eternal life' (1:2; 3:7), and 'the blessed hope---the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ' (2:13). Significantly, the words 'God' and 'Savior' reappear in that phrase in connection with Jesus Christ.The Recipient (1:2a)TIMOTHY IS PAUL'S 'true son in the faith.' The word for 'true' (gnesios) is different from the more common one (alethes), which means true as opposed to false. The present word means 'genuine' as opposed to illegitimate or fake. The word could be used of a child born within a legitimate marriage, and the implication in the figurative statement here refers to the quality of Timothy's relationship to Paul. Paul had met this young man in Lystra; Acts 16:1 describes him as a 'disciple,' with a Jewish mother and Gentile father. Second Timothy 1:5 refers to Timothy's 'sincere faith,' which 'first lived' in his grandmother and mother, Lois and Eunice. From his infancy Timothy had known the Scriptures, through which he had come to 'salvation through faith in Christ Jesus' (3:15).This repeated terminology about faith and the identification of his believing mother provides a background for Paul's reference to Timothy as his 'true son in the faith.' Timothy's mother provided the environment of Jewish faith in which he had grown up; Paul provided the nurture of his Christian faith. Since he is called a 'disciple' at the outset of the Acts 16 narrative, he probably had become a Christian before Paul's arrival, possibly through Paul's earlier ministry in Lystra (Acts 14:8--20). Paul also had a part in the conferral of a spiritual endowment on Timothy (1 Tim. 4:14; 2 Tim. 1:6).The other extant Pauline letters are to churches (and, at Philippi, to their leaders), not to individuals. Outside the Pastoral Letters only Philemon, which is clearly personal, is addressed to an individual. This fact gives the impression that the early churches had a plural leadership and that Timothy and Titus are addressed individually only because they have a special mission as 'apostolate delegates' (i.e., sent by the apostle as his authorized representatives). These letters are probably not only for their personal reading but function as public documents attesting the authority bestowed on these two delegates.Kind Wishes (1:2b)IT WAS CUSTOMARY for letters in the first century to convey kind wishes for the continued well-being of the recipients. Paul uses some Christian terms for this purpose, but also uses common terminology with a Christian meaning. Here he expresses these thoughts with the words 'grace, mercy and peace.' Those who spoke Greek would normally greet a friend with the word chaire. The word for 'grace,' charis, has a similar sound.Paul's third greeting, eirene (from which we derive our word irenic), means 'peace.' This word recalls the Hebrew greeting shalom, which connotes wholeness and well-being as well as peace.In addition to these usual two words of greeting in Paul's letters, 1 and 2 Timothy add 'mercy' (cf. also 2 John 3). This word can shade towards the idea of pity or compassion. It recalls the Hebrew h. esed, with its overtones of mercy and kindness to those within God's covenant. The terms grace and mercy imply that those who receive those benefits have a need they cannot fulfill themselves.In most of his letters, Paul indicates, as here, that these beneficial favors come 'from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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