1 Timothy, Chapter 1, verses 18-20
11 Of St. Paul's calling to be an apostle, 20 and of Hymenaeus and Alexander1 Timothy, Chapter 2, verses 8-15
1 That it is meet to pray and give thanks for all men, and the reason why, 9 How women should be attired, 12 They are not permitted to teach, 15 They shall be saved, notwithstanding the testimonies of God's wrath, in childbirth, if they continue in faith2
2:8 I will - A word strongly expressing his apostolical authority. Therefore - This particle connects the eighth with the first verse. That men pray in every place - Public and private. Wherever men are, there prayer should be. Lifting up holy hands - Pure from all known sin. Without wrath - In any kind, against any creature. And every temper or motion of our soul that is not according to love is wrath. And doubting - Which is contrary to faith. And wrath, or unholy actions, or want of faith in him we call upon, are the three grand hinderances of God's hearing our petitions. Christianity consists of faith and love, embracing truth and grace: therefore the sum of our wishes should be, to pray, and live, and die, without any wrath or doubt.
2:9 With sobriety - Which, in St. Paul's sense, is the virtue which governs our whole life according to true wisdom.Not with curled hair, not with gold - Worn by way of ornament.Not with pearls - Jewels of any kind: a part is put for the whole. Not with costly raiment - These four are expressly forbidden by name to all women (here is no exception) professing godliness, and no art of man can reconcile with the Christian profession the wilful violation of an express command.
2:12 To usurp authority over the man - By public teaching.
2:13 First - So that woman was originally the inferior.
2:14 And Adam was not deceived - The serpent deceived Eve: Eve did not deceive Adam, but persuaded him. "Thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife," Gen 3:17. The preceding verse showed why a woman should not "usurp authority over the man." this shows why she ought not "to teach." She is more easily deceived, and more easily deceives. The woman being deceived transgressed - "The serpent deceived" her, Gen 3:13, and she transgressed.
2:15 Yet she - That is, women in general, who were all involved with Eve in the sentence pronounced, Gen 3:16.Shall be saved in childbearing - Carried safe through the pain and danger which that sentence entails upon them for the transgression; yea, and finally saved, if they continue in loving faith and holy wisdom.
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1:18 This charge I commit to thee - That thou mayest deliver it to the church. According to the prophecies concerning thee - Uttered when thou wast received as an evangelist, Ti1 4:14; probably by many persons, Ti1 6:12;that, being encouraged by them, thou mightest war the good warfare.
1:19 Holding fast faith - Which is as a most precious liquor. And a good conscience - Which is as a clean glass.Which - Namely, a good conscience. Some having thrust away - It goes away unwillingly it always says, "Do not hurt me."And they who retain this do not make shipwreck of their faith.Indeed, none can make shipwreck of faith who never had it.These, therefore, were once true believers: yet they fell not only foully, but finally; for ships once wrecked cannot be afterwards saved.
1:20 Whom - Though absent. I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme - That by what they suffer they may be in some measure restrained, if they will not repent.