New Testament Commentary

Exposition of The Pastoral Epistles

William Hendriksen

and

Simon J. Kistemaker

BAKERBOOKS

A DIVISION OF BAKER BOOK HOUSE CO GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 49516

Originally published in separate volumes:

1-2 Timothy and Titus © 1957 by William Hendriksen

Published by Baker Books

a division of Baker Book House Company

P.O Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287

12 volume set, first available 2002

ISBN 0-8010-2606-7

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ISBN 0-8010-2079-4

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture references in Hebrews are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. All rights reserved.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION TO THE PASTORAL EPISTLES

Why Should We Study Them?

Who Wrote the Pastorals?

To Whom Were They Addressed?

What Is Their Historical Background and Purpose?

COMMENTARY ON 1 TIMOTHY

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

COMMENTARY ON 2 TIMOTHY

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

COMMENTARY ON TITUS

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

The letters in book-abbreviations are followed by periods. Those in periodical-abbreviations omit the periods and are written in italics. Thus one can see at a glance whether the abbreviation refers to a book or to a periodical.

A.Book Abbreviations

A.R.V. American Standard Revised Version

A.V. Authorized Version (King James)

Gram.N.T. A. T. Robertson, Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research

I.S.B.E. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

L.N.T. Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament

M.M. The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament Illustrated from the Papyri and Other Non-Literary Sources, by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan (edition, Grand Rapids, 1952)

N.N. Novum Testamentum Graece, edited by D. Eberhard Nestle and D. Erwin Nestle (most recent edition)

N.T.C. W. Hendriksen, New Testament Commentary

R.S.V. Revised Standard Version

W.D.B. Westminster Dictionary of the Bible

W.H.A.B. Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible

B.Periodical Abbreviations

EQ Evangelical Quarterly

JBL Journal of Biblical Literature

JThS Journal of Theological Studies

GThT Gereformeerd Theologisch Tijdschrift

WThJ Westminster Theological Journal

ZNTW Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

Please Note

In order to differentiate between the second person singular and the second person plural (without reverting to the archaic “thou” and “ye” except where it is proper to do so), we have indicated the former as follows: “you”; and the latter, as follows: “you.”