The Pastoral Epistles: Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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Overview
The Pastoral Epistles are the two letters that Paul wrote to Timothy, who had pastoral oversight of the church at Ephesus, and the letter to Titus, who had pastoral oversight of a new church on the island of Crete. In these letters, Paul discusses basic principles governing church life.
W.E. Vine’s commentary on these letters is particularly rich, first because of his own warm pastoral heart, and second because of his concern for missionaries. He says, “these letters are the oldest missionary correspondence of the Christian era, written by one of the earliest missionaries.”
All of Vine’s commentaries excel in the rich tradition of careful, exegetical word studies and expository insight. These commentaries use a word study approach that takes into consideration every reference to a particular word in the Bible as well as its use in contemporary and classic Greek.
- Discusses basic principles governing church life.
- Shows his his concern for missionaries.
- Exposes the oldest missionary correspondence of the Christian era.
- Title: The Pastoral Epistles: A Verse-by-Verse Commentary
- Author: W. E. Vine
- Publisher: Kingsley Books
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 246
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. 1 Timothy › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. 2 Timothy › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Titus › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:VINEVBVEPISTLES
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-17T20:29:01Z
William Edwy Vine (1873–1949), commonly known as W. E. Vine, was an English biblical scholar, theologian, and writer, most famous for Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words.
Vine was born in 1873, in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. His father ran the Mount Radford School, which moved to Exeter in 1875, and it was there that W.E. Vine was raised. He became a Christian at an early age and was baptized in the Brethren assembly in Fore Street, Exeter. At 17, Vine became a teacher at his father’s school, and then moved to Aberystwyth to study at the University College of Wales. He later completed his education at the University of London, receiving a BA and MA in Ancient Classics in 1906.
This responsibility inevitably meant writing tens of thousands of letters between local churches and the missionaries overseas. Many of the letters—beside being of a practical nature—involved answering theological questions. He also wrote for “Echoes of Service,” a monthly magazine that linked overseas missionaries with the Christians and churches at home by articles teaching the Bible and giving news that would stimulate prayer and support for the missionaries. He also wrote regular articles for other magazines, and many of his written works grew out of these articles. Vine dedicated himself to his work with missionaries and was firm in his doctrine and practice. He said,
In the mind of God the grand ultimate object of missionary activity is the planting of churches. . . . The Head of the church who gave His instructions to His Apostles . . . on record for us in the Scriptures, gave therein a body of truth and principles adapted to every age, generation and condition. The pattern is complete, and exhibits the divine wisdom in every part. Human tampering has only marred it in its working. . . . It is incumbent upon all who profess the Christian faith to respect the plainly revealed intentions of the Head of the church, instead of burdening it with doctrines and regulations of human fabrication.
He wrote this when he was an elder in the assembly at Manvers Hall, Bath, a position that he held for 40 years. He was diagnosed with heart disease in 1927, but lived until 1949.
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