The Letters to Timothy and Titus (New International Commentary on the New Testament) by Philip H. Towner

Author:Philip H. Towner [Towner, Philip H.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Co - A
Published: 2006-07-28T04:00:00+00:00

2. “Lovers of money” brings the ideas of avarice and greed into the profile. Its rudimentary influence in corrupting behavior places it early in the list.2056 1 Tim 6:10 employs the cognate noun (see discussion and note) to develop the common view that love of money, or avarice, is an evil that spawns other evils.

3. The theme of selfishness continues in the next noun, “boasters” (“boastful” TNIV). This vice was widely denounced by the secular writers and was a weakness often associated with the boisterous, self-aggrandizing rich and other public figures.2057 This word lends itself well to descriptions of those who in their arrogance take themselves to be gods and in so doing oppose the one true God;2058 human conceit that refuses to acknowledge God and God’s hatred of this sin is carried into this list as in the list of Rom 1:30.2059

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