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This set of detailed commentaries provides valuable exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the original text. Over the years this series has been instrumental in shedding light on the Scriptures so that translators all over the world could complete the important task of putting God’s Word into the many languages spoken in the world today. Over the years church leaders...

(b) Paul’s purpose is to build up the faith of the elect. This is the option followed by RSV, TEV, and some other translations (for example, TNT “to build up the faith”). This interpretation at least avoids the problems mentioned in (a) above (compare CEV “encourage God’s own people to have more faith”), and this is the interpretation recommended by this Handbook. For faith see 1 Tim 1:2, 4. Here it can be taken subjectively, referring to trust in and commitment to Jesus Christ, or objectively, referring
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