Series Editors' Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Historical Overview 1 The Interpretations 4 Areas of Interpretive Interest 8 The Commentary 14 1 1 Timothy 1 16 The Salutation (1:1-2; 2 Tim. 1-2; Titus 1:1-4) 17 The Opponents: Speculators (1:3-7; 4:1-5, 7; Titus 3:9) 19 The Opponents: On the Law (1:8-11) 23 "Paul" (1:12-17; Titus 3:3-4) 25 The Opponents: Excommunication (1:18-20; 2 Tim. 2:17; 4:14-15) 27 2 1 Timothy 2 32 The Church: Politics (2:1-2; Titus 3:1) 33 Theological Speculation: Christ as Mediator (2:4-6) 36 Women: Silence in the Church (2:8-14) 39 3 1 Timothy 3 49 The Church: Bishops and Deacons (3:1-13; 5:1, 17; Titus 1:5-9) 49 Theological Speculation: The Mystery (3:14-16) 59 4 1 Timothy 4 64 The Opponents: End Times (4:1-10; 2 Tim. 3:1) 65 5 1 Timothy 5 73 Women: Widows (5:1-10) 74 The Church: Elders (5:17-22; Titus 1:5) 83 Timothy (5:23-25) 86 6 1 Timothy 6 89 The Church: Slaves (6:1-2; Titus 2:9) 90 The Church: Wealthy Christians (6:6-10, 17-19) 95 Theological Speculation: God's Dwelling and Being (6:12-16; 1 Tim. 1:17) 104 The Opponents: Dissent (6:2b-5, 20, 2 Timothy: 12, 14) 110 7 2 Timothy 1 114 The Thanksgiving (1:3-7) 115 Timothy: Ordination (1:6-8; 1 Tim. 1:18, 4:14-15) 117 Theological Speculation: God's Plan (1:9-10; 4:1, 8; 1 Tim. 6:14; Titus 1:2; 3:4-5) 120 "Paul" (1:13-18; 4:11, 19) 125 8 2 Timothy 2 129 The Church: Pauline Succession (2:1-2) 129 The Church: Christian Soldiers (2:3-7) 132 "Paul": The Gospel (2:8-10) 138 Theological Speculation: Divine Consistency (2:11-13; Titus 1:2) 139 The Opponents (2:14-18) 145 The Church: A Large House (2:19-26) 147 9 2 Timothy 3 153 The Opponents: Home Breakers (3:1-9) 154 "Paul": Suffering (3:10-13) 158 The Church: Scripture (2:14-17) 160 10 2 Timothy 4 168 The Opponents: Entertaining Teachers (4:1-4) 168 "Paul": The Good Fighter (4:6-8; cf. 1 Tim.
1:18; 6:12; 2 Tim. 2:5) 175 Conclusion and Greetings (4:9-22) 184 11 Titus 1 189 The Salutation (1:1-4; 2 Tim. 1:9) 190 The Opponents: Cretan Liars (1:9-16) 191 12 Titus 2 203 The Church: A Household Code (2:2-10) 203 Theological Speculation: Christ the God (2:11-14) 206 13 Titus 3 213 The Church: Baptism (3:1-11) 214 The Opponents: And Also Some Friends (3:10-11, 13) 218 Conclusion 226 Brief Biographies 230 Bibliography 236 Index of Biblical References 252 General Index 256.