"John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible". 20. fol. (1-7) How men and women ought to behave, both in their religious and common life. BibliographyBeza, Theodore. From these she selected her costume for the day. ", "Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and they conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. Was not deceived; by the serpent in the first transgression. Bonaparte was irritated by these expenditures; he would fly into a passion, and his wife would weep and promise to be more prudent; after which she would go on in the same way. At this point the writer passes from Eve, the mother and prototype of the sex, to womankind generally. Because women have a greater potential than men for being beguiled, it is inadvisable to give them positions of authority over men. And Adam was not deceived,— Not first deceived. Every man or woman who violates the law of God is deceived as to the happiness which is expected from the violation, and as to the consequences which will follow it. A Great Debate The interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:15 has been an item of great debate among commentators. Cain has offered and his offering has been rejected. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/acc/1-timothy-2.html. BibliographyWhedon, Daniel. In the preceding verse, we are taught why the woman ought not to exercise authority, now, why she ought not to teach; more easily deceived, she more easily deceives; comp. Prayer to be made for all persons, since the grace of the gospel makes no difference of ranks or stations. "Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers". BibliographyDunagan, Mark. All other rights reserved. ... b because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and c the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the d faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ), Why, Doctor, exclaimed a shallow, talkative lady, who was in the room with Dr. Johnson, but of whom he took little notice, “I believe you prefer the company of men to that of ladies.” “Madam,” he replied, “I am fond of the company of ladies; I like their beauty, I like their delicacy, and I like their silence.”, Such is the description and character of Christians in early days, such of all true Christians in every day. He will in turn rule her, or at least this is the proper makeup of the marriage. De Wette: “fell into transgression.” Luther wrongly: “and brought in transgression.”, As to the thought itself, expositors find the force of this second reason to lie in the fact that in the fall the weakness of the woman, her proneness to temptation, was manifested, and that consequently it is not seemly for the woman to have mastery over the man. He took and ate out of love to his wife, from a fond affection to her, to bear her company, and that she might not die alone; he knew what he did, and he knew what would be the consequence of it, the death of them both; and inasmuch as he sinned wilfully, and against light and knowledge, without any deception, his sin was the greater: and hereby death came in, and passed on all men, who sinned in him: but the woman being deceived was in the transgression: and the serpent really beguiled her; she owned it herself, Genesis 3:13. Yet it may be thought that these two statements are somewhat contradictory: that the subjection of the woman is the punishment of her transgression, and yet that it was imposed on her from the creation; for thence it will follow, that she was doomed to servitude before she sinned. He speaks of it first negatively, declaring that her dignity does not depend upon outward adornment; and this is always and everywhere true. 18. A.V. What of a husbandman who disliked and avoided the employments of the field? No one professing godliness ought to spend time, and taste, and money to the extent many do on mere personal adornment, as if the body was everything and the mind nothing, or as if the chief end of a woman’s life was to win admiration not respect, to please man and not God. But if the helpmeet becomes the head, and the head weakly yields, there comes an overthrow of the Divine order, as there did come in Paradise. Neither is His point that men are more spiritual, for Adam disobeyed God at the same time. "The seduction of Eve provides sufficient evidence that women are not endowed with the faculties of spiritual discernment in matters of doctrine and morals. In 2 Corinthians 11:3 St. Paul says ὁ ὄφις ἐξηπάτησεν εὕαν, where there is no reason why he should not have used the simple verb. I think this quote is a little harsh, though the principle seems correct. Paul’s teaching about marriage and having children in 1 Timothy 2:15, 4:3-4 and 5:11-15 (cf. If we lived in Turkey or in India, we should be better able to appreciate the wisdom of Paul’s counsel in respect to the women of his day: and I am not prepared to mitigate or to apologise for his brave and wise words. Broadman Press 1932,33. Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament. New York. The verse may be paraphrased thus: "It is further to be recollected, that, at the fatal entrance of sin into the world, Adam was not immediately deceived by the fraud of the serpent; but that artful seducer chose to begin his attack on the woman; who, being deceived by him, was firstinthetransgression,andprevailed upon Adam by her solicitations to offend. The catastrophe of Eden is the beacon for all generations when the sexes repeat the folly of Eve and Adam, and exchange their distinctive position and functions.”. 1917. BibliographyEllicott, Charles John. The second reason, taken from the history of the fall. “Let the woman learn in silence (or rather in quietness) with all subjection, for I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in quietness”; but the course he followed in this matter was wise, in the condition of life then prevailing. Journal of Biblical Literature 60 (1941): 375-9. Satan succeeded in deceiving her. ", "The seduction of Eve provides sufficient evidence that women are not endowed with the faculties of spiritual discernment in matters of doctrine and morals. 2 timothy 2:14. But it is easy to refute this opinion; for, if Adam had not given credit to the falsehood of Satan, God would not have reproached him: “Behold, Adam is become like one of us.” (Genesis 3:22.). https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/scn/1-timothy-2.html. 1801-1803. Rev. And so, Eve being beguiled hath fallen into transgression. 1999-2014. deceived. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/1-timothy-2.html. m Grace be with you. A bold declaration on the part of the apostle. It is not that she should wish for power, but that she should wish for a noble, not an ignoble power. It is, that in the most important situation in which she was ever placed she had shown that she was not qualified to take the lead. "Commentary on 1 Timothy 2:14". He could set his affections as the artificer doth his clock, to make it strike when and what he will. Last in being, she was first in sin. The apostle's positive assertion is to be taken without any such limitations or qualifications; Adam never was deceived at all; neither by the serpent, with whom he never conversed; nor by his wife, he knew what he did, when he took the fruit of her, and ate; he ate it not under any deception, or vain imagination, that they should not die, but should be as gods, knowing good and evil. See Ephesians 5:6. being deceived. (Keeping the Faith; Baptist Pub. It seems to me that God is telling Eve that she will desire to rule her husband, yet this will not be so. 1874-1909. And they observe F18 the order of the punishment of the serpent, Eve, and Adam, as of their sin; the serpent was first accursed, then Eve, and last of all Adam. --Was in the transgression; was led into transgression. Commentary on 1 Timothy 2:8-15 (Read 1 Timothy 2:8-15) Under the gospel, prayer is not to be confined to any one particular house of prayer, but men must pray every where. Here we are in the account of Cain and Abel. However, the primary emphasis of these epistles isn't how to help individuals with personal problems, but is rather There is no need to say with interpreters, that he was not deceived first; and that he was not deceived immediately by the serpent, but by Eve; and that he is never said in Scripture to be deceived, as Melchizedek is never said to have a father or mother. He sinned, quite aware all the while of the magnitude of the sin he was voluntarily committing. Because she had given fatal advice, it was right that she should learn that she was under the power and will of another; and because she had drawn her husband aside from the command of God, it was right that she should be deprived of all liberty and placed under the yoke. Here we see that God is talking with him. 1 Timothy 2:14. οὐκ ἠπατήθη, was not deceived) The Serpent deceived the woman; the woman did not deceive the man, but persuaded him: Genesis 3:17, thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife. At the present day we could hardly find a more vivid illustration of the essential difference between the masculine and feminine nature. Might it not be said of Adam as well, that he ἐν παραβ. Paul nowhere gives any hint of that. (C. H. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/wen/1-timothy-2.html. "Commentary on 1 Timothy 2:14". It is probable that the women who came to the Christian assemblies in Ephesus arrayed them selves in costly attire, and sometimes made unbecoming display of their personal charms till the custom was becoming the sensation, if not the scandal, of the city. Indeed, even among the Jews the women who came to the synagogue were (and still are) kept out of sight in a carefully screened gallery. hath fallen into transgression. Submitted by admin on Mon, 2010-02-22 11:21. And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. She is receptive; he is aggressive: and it is not so much in her conspicuous activity as in her yielding affectionateness that her true strength is found. "). (14) And Adam was not deceived.—Priority in creation was the ground alleged by St. Paul as the reason why the woman was never to exercise authority over man, the eldest born of God. "Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges". It is not meant here that Adam did not sin, nor even that he was not deceived by the tempter, but that the woman opposed a feebler resistance to the temptation than he would have done, and that the temptation as actually applied to her would have been ineffectual on him. "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". 1685. But the general law laid down by Paul still holds good. 1851. παράβασις here, as elsewhere ( οὗ οὐκ ἔστι νόμος, οὐδὲ παράβασις, Romans 4:15), is used in regard to a definite law. Used by Permission. 2:4-5) is distinctly different from the teaching attributed to him in the Acts of Paul and Thecla. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hmc/1-timothy-2.html. But strifes of words destroy the things of God. True religion reverses all this, and gives “the things unseen and eternal” their rightful place. "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged". BibliographyCoke, Thomas. apateo. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cgt/1-timothy-2.html. Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Charles Schribner's Sons. ἡ διακονία … ἐγενήθη ἐν δόξῃ (2 Corinthians 3:7); ἐν λόγῳ κολακίας ἐγενήθημεν (1 Thessalonians 2:5). fol. Was not deceived; that is, by the serpent. “Very well,” said he, “melt them down, and send them about doing good.” I wish Christians would do that with some of their gold and silver jewellery. k Avoid the l irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,” 21 for by professing it some have swerved from the faith. 5. The substance of ‘Exegetical Fallacies in Interpreting 1 Timothy 2:11-15’ is adapted from an essay in the book Discovering Biblical Equality, ed. BibliographyBullinger, Ethelbert William. Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". 1 Timothy 2:15, ESV: "Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control." "Commentary on 1 Timothy 2:14". Both were involved in the sin, but only one (Eve) allowed herself to be deluded. 1896. "Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)". Paul says Adam was not deceived. 2:8-15 Under the gospel, prayer is not to be confined to any one particular house of prayer, but men must pray every where. 1-Timothy 2:15 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. BibliographyCoffman, James Burton. He was not deceived so much by his judgment (though also by that too) as by his affection to his wife, which at length blinded his judgment. Do feel free to make copies for friends that might be interested as long as you do not make profit from the copies. The Expositor's Greek Testament. Many hold that the desire that the woman is to have for her husband is the sexual desire, and/or the love desire. When it is said that “Adam was not deceived,” it is not meant that when he partook actually of the fruit he was under no deception, but that he was not deceived by the serpent; he was not first deceived, or first in the transgression. (g) Adam was deceived, but through his wife's means, and therefore she is worthily for this reason subject to her husband, and ought to be. Caphtor, fol. The most humbly dressed believer in Christ has a better garment than the empress, even the wedding garment of Christ’s righteousness. There are men, indeed, who, when charged with such palpable inconsistency, and feeling uneasy under the shame of it, at once deny that they do set up any profession at all; and make a sort of merit of saying that they do not pretend to any of the distinguished excellencies of the Christian character. "Family Bible New Testament". ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. All rights reserved. It was therefore not to be wondered at that the Christian women emancipated from such treatment felt themselves not only at liberty to assert their new-born rights but bound to do so, and that they claimed a prominence and a freedom which were good neither for themselves nor for the Church. If there be this distinction between the sexes, that distinction still furnishes the basis of an argument and a reason for the advice here rendered. When he came out of prison, he went to *Macedonia (1 Timothy1:3). 2. They fear the object of their worship, they respect it, they daily remember it. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain. C. But 'Aleph (') A Delta G read the compound [ exapateetheisa (Greek #1818) for the simple apateetheisa], 'having been completely deceived.' Being led astray by a smooth talker does not make our deviation from the truth any less sinful. 2 Timothy 2:1-15 English Standard Version (ESV) A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus. The subtle serpent knew she was "the weaker vessel." Compare the words of the woman, "The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat"; and the words of God to the man, "Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten," Genesis 3:13; Genesis 3:17. BibliographyWesley, John. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use our convenient, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary, Heinrich Meyer's Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament, Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges, Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. That is what he means in his exegeses of 1 Timothy 2:11 and 1 Corinthians 11:3, when Luther writes, “He [Paul] wants to save the order preserved by the world—that a man be the head of a woman.” Again, when Luther is explaining 1 Timothy 2:14, … (Genesis 3:1-6.) Eve says, "The serpent beguiled me." The emphasis, as is apparent from what precedes, is not on the last words, but on ἐξαπατηθεῖσα; hence it is not right to supply πρώτη with ἐν παρ. "Commentary on 1 Timothy 2:14". (2) The woman was in that first typical history the one directly deceived by the Tempter, Adam’s sin being thought of as more against light and knowledge,’ and so ‘she has come to be in the state of a transgressor.’ The implied thought, of course, is that that greater liability to deception continues now; and this was probably strengthened by what the apostle actually saw of the influence of false teachers over the minds of women (2 Timothy 3:6-7). "Commentary on 1 Timothy 2:14". 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