1 Timothy 2:3 - Exposition

This for for this , A.V. and T.R. Acceptable ( ἀπόδεκτον ); only here and 1 Timothy 5:4 in the New Testament, and in one doubtful passage in Aquila's version of Song of Solomon 1:13 . Found in Plutarch. The verb ἀποδέχομαι , to receive gladly, is frequently used by St. Luke ( Luke 8:10 ; Acts 2:41 , where see note; etc.). God our Savior (see 1 Timothy 1:1 and Luke 1:47 ; Titus 1:3 ; Titus 2:10 , Titus 2:13 (perhaps); Titus 3:4 ; 2 Peter 1:1 (perhaps); Jude 1:25 , by which it appears that the phrase is confined to the pastoral among St. Paul's Epistles). In the Old Testament the phrase occurs frequently (see 2 Samuel 22:3 ; Psalms 106:21 ; Isaiah 43:3 ; Isaiah 45:21 , etc.).