Tag: 1 Timothy

Calvin: ‘We may certainly arrive at a principle which is valid overall’. However, to go further would be ‘impossible’ so ‘we must be realistic here’.

1. Women are to dress modestly.
   • 2:9a. The niqab and the burkha are not modest or evidence of selfcontrol. But we have largely lost the

William Cowper: What various hindrances we meet, In coming to the mercy seat!

1. Men are to pray.
   • 2:8. The word used here is for men as distinct from women. The women are to pray too – Acts 1:14; 1 Cor.11:5. But Paul is emphasising that men should lead in

Paul has been emphasising God’s relationship with ‘all’. We ought to pray for all (2:1), God desires all to be saved (2:4), Christ gave Himself as a ransom for all (2:6), and this message is to be proclaimed to all (2:7).

1. There is one Mediator.
   • 2:5; Job 9:32-33; Heb.7:26.