Pass It On: A Bible Commentary for Laymen (1 and 2 Timothy)

by Robert H. Mounce

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2005

Overview

With careful scholarship and clear writing, Robert Mounce helps you apply lessons from 1 and 2 Timothy to your own spiritual life. As Mounce explains in the introduction, 1 and 2 Timothy form “a manual of church discipline . . . a series of instructions on how Christians in a local community should organize themselves in order to worship God and live together in Christian love.”

Key Features

• Helps you apply lessons from 1 and 2 Timothy to your own spiritual life
• Addresses the question of whether the pastoral epistles are devoid of theology
• Evaluates the epistles as a manual of church discipline

Contents

Top Highlights

“temperate, self-controlled, respectable’ all suggest Christian maturity expressing itself in a well-ordered life.” (Page 38)

“The real issue at stake is the character of God. Is God essentially a being who requires man to deny the world in which he lives or would He have us accept with thanksgiving all that creation offers? Does being a Christian consist in not doing certain prescribed things or in gratefully partaking of all that is in fact good and appropriate?” (Page 53)

“That He was fully man follows from His earthly lineage. That He is fully God is attested by His resurrection.” (Page 121)

“bishop’ was simply the person responsible for overseeing the affairs of a local congregation.” (Page 37)

“There is considerable evidence that in that cultural period it was considered praiseworthy to remain unmarried after the death of one’s spouse. It is better, however, to understand the phrase as stressing the importance of marital fidelity on the part of church leaders.” (Page 37)

Product Details

• Title: Pass It On: A Bible Commentary for Laymen: First and Second Timothy
• Author: Robert H. Mounce
• Series: A Bible Commentary for Laymen
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2005
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Pages: 160
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. 1 Timothy › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. 2 Timothy › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781597522946, 1597522945
• Resource ID: LLS:PASSITON
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:08:19Z

About Robert H. Mounce

Robert H. Mounce is president emeritus of Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington, and a noted New Testament Greek scholar. The author of many articles and books, including a popular commentary on Revelation titled What Are We Waiting For? and the New International Biblical Commentary volume on Matthew, he also helped produce the NIV, NIrV, NLT, ESV, and HCSB translations.