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1 TIMOTHY

A New Covenant Commentary

Aída Besançon Spencer

CASCADE Books • Eugene, Oregon

1 TIMOTHY

A New Covenant Commentary

New Covenant Commentary Series

Copyright © 2013 Aída Besançon Spencer. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401.

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ISBN 13: 978-1-55635-991-0

Cataloging-in-Publication data:

Spencer, Aída Besançon

1 Timothy: a new covenant commentary / Aída Besançon Spencer.

xiv + 178 p. ; 23 cm. —Includes bibliographical references and index.

New Covenant Commentary Series

ISBN 13: 978-1-55635-991-0

1. Bible. Timothy, 1st—Commentaries. I. Title. II. Series.

BS2745.53 S69 2013

NCCS | New Covenant Commentary Series

Series Editors:

Michael F. Bird (Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia)

Craig Keener (Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY, USA)

Dedicated to my coworkers in ministry at Pilgrim Church and in

particular to my closest coworker, the Reverend Doctor William David

Spencer.

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction to Pastoral Letters

Introduction to 1 and 2 Timothy

1 Timothy 1

Excursus: Women Could Desire to Be Teachers

Fusing the Horizons: Significance of Christ’s Birth

1 Timothy 2–3

Excursus: Lifting Up Hands

Fusing the Horizons: How to Use Leadership Lists

1 Timothy 4:1–5:2

Fusing the Horizons: Progress in the Christian Life

1 Timothy 5:3–6:2

Fusing the Horizons: Applying the Order of Widows to Today

1 Timothy 6:3–21

Excursus: Heresy in 1 Timothy

Fusing the Horizons: Living with Wealth

Bibliography

Subject Index

Abbreviations

AJA American Journal of Archaeology

ANTC Abingdon New Testament Commentaries

BDAG Walter Bauer, Frederick William Danker, William F. Arndt, and F. Wilbur Gingrich. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.

BBR Bulletin for Biblical Research

CE William D. Halsey and Bernard Johnston, editors. Collier’s Encyclopedia. 24 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1987.

CEB Common English Bible

CEV Contemporary English Version

CGTSC Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

DHH Dios habla hoy

ECC Eerdmans Critical Commentary

ESV English Standard Version

GKC E. Kautzsch, editor. Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar. Translated by A. E. Cowley. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon, 1910.

HNTC Harper’s New Testament Commentary

HTR Harvard Theological Review

ICC International Critical Commentary

IDB George Arthur Buttrick et al. The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. 5 vols. Nashville: Abingdon, 1962.

JB Jerusalem Bible

JBL Journal of Biblical Literature

JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament

KJV King James Version

L&N Johannes P. Louw and Eugene ...

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About 1 Timothy: A New Covenant Commentary

A thorough and insightful commentary on Paul’s letter to his coworker Timothy, which the apostle wrote before and during Nero’s persecution. Spencer carefully examines each part of the letter and relates it to the overall flow of the argument and in light of the larger biblical, historical, social, and cultural contexts. How Paul’s writing related to the ancient communities is highlighted in the light of original data gleaned from her explorations on location in Ephesus and throughout Greece. In addition, Paul’s rhetorical and ministry strategies, especially as they relate to women and their role in the church, are explored. Throughout, Spencer presents an in-depth exegesis in a readable format enhanced by 40 of ministry.

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