Exposition of I Timothy 2:8-15 (1)

In these verses Paul continues the subject of prayer; he has yet more exhortations to the church of Ephesus on this score. His interest, as we noticed in former essays, is that the church may not be placed "under law" by false teachers, but that they may truly be under grace and have the law of God written in their hearts. Such is the New Testament in Christ's blood. This means the putting off of the old man (dying unto sin) and putting on the new man in Christ (true joy in God through Christ...