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1:1 Christ (a-5) Or 'Christ Jesus,' according to some authorities.

1:3 serve (b-8) *Latreuo* . see [Matthew 4:10](../../../kjv/matthew/4/10) .

1:5 mind (c-3) Or, 'I am thankful ... calling to mind.' been] (d-9) A verb is needed in English, and 'has been' is warranted by the apostle's 'calling to mind.'

1:6 rekindle (e-10) 'To revive, rekindle, what is drooping.' see [Genesis 45:27](../../../kjv/genesis/45/27) . The whole subject of the epistle is energy in the darkening state of the assembly.

1:7 discretion. (f-20) A quiet, sound or sober mind.

1:8 tidings, (g-23) This personification of the gospel is very common with Paul.

1:11 herald (h-8) Or 'preacher,' as [1 Timothy 2:7](../../../kjv/1-timothy/2/7) ; [2 Peter 2:5](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/5) .

1:12 believed, (i-20) *Pisteuo* , 'believe,' occurs in different constructions; with the dative, as here, it means, 'to believe a person or thing;' compare [Matthew 21:25](../../../kjv/matthew/21/25) ; [John 5:24](../../../kjv/john/5/24) and 47. Followed by *eis* with an accusative, as frequently in John, it is to believe on a person as an object of faith, as [John 14:1](../../../kjv/john/14/1) ('ye believe on God, believe also on me'). Followed by *epi* with an accusative, it goes on to the idea of confidence. I rest my faith on him, yet with a more general idea of looking to him with this confidence. It is only used thus six times, so far as I am aware. [Acts 9:42](../../../kjv/acts/9/42) ; [Acts 11:17](../../../kjv/acts/11/17) ; [Acts 16:31](../../../kjv/acts/16/31) ; [Acts 22:19](../../../kjv/acts/22/19) ; [Romans 4:5](../../../kjv/romans/4/5) ,[Romans 4:24](../../../kjv/romans/4/24) . Followed by *epi* with a dative, it is used only in [Luke 24:25](../../../kjv/luke/24/25) , and in the three passages where [Isaiah 28:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/28/16) is quoted, [Romans 9:33](../../../kjv/romans/9/33) ; [Romans 10:11](../../../kjv/romans/10/11) ; [1 Peter 2:6](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/6) , where it is confidence in, or reliance upon, a person or thing. Followed by *en* with a dative, it occurs more seldom, and refers to believing in the truth of a thing, receiving a statement as true, as [Mark 1:15](../../../kjv/mark/1/15) ('believe in the glad tidings').

1:13 (a-1) Or 'hold fast.' Timothy had heard no *form* from Paul, but *words* or *doctrines* . Hence, he was to have a summary or outline, so as to state clearly and definitely what he did hold. I have added '[words],' because in English 'which' might be thought to refer to outline. The Greek means a systematic *expose* , in outline, of any system of doctrine or philosophy, as [1 Timothy 1:16](../../../kjv/1-timothy/1/16) , 'delineation.'

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