These commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text actually says and what it means. The introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of questions of authorship and date. This is helpful to the general reader by showing the original setting and purpose of the book. It is also invaluable for students and teachers wanting an informed treatm…
The words which crystallize the letter for me are the two little monosyllables su de (but as for you), which occur four times. Timothy is called to be different. He is not to yield to the pressures of public opinion or conform to the spirit of his age, but rather to stand firm in the truth and the righteousness of God. - Preface.
"The substance of the following chapters was preached to the evening congregation of All Souls, Langham Place, London, between October 1965 and July 1966, in a course of twenty sermons."--from the Preface.