Commentary on 1 & 2 Timothy

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Gerilard's Commentary Speaks to Ministers of the Church and the People they serve. The church fathers considered Paul's two Epistles to Timothy essential for defining the pastoral ministry and the Church's life. According to Augustine, "the man placed as a teacher of the church [should] carry before his eyes the three apostolic Epistles, two of which were written to Timothy and one to Titus" (On Christian Teaching). Tertullian taught that "these three Epistles contain almost everything that belongs to the office, election, teaching, and virtues in which bishops and other ministers of the church should excel" (Against Marcion). For millennia, those entering the ministry have turned to these books for insight into the proper training and attributes of one called to shepherd God's people. Johann Gerhard's commentary explains the biblical text, answers questions that commonly raise doubts, resolves apparent contradictions, and applies the text for teaching, admonishing, warning, and consoling God's people. Pastors, seminarians, professors, and students of the Word will appreciate this commentary by on of the outstanding Lutheran theologians, now translated into English for the first time. Book jacket.