translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET study note

text: Revealing God’s purpose at his appointed time is a difficult expression without clear connection to the preceding, literally “a testimony at the proper time.” This may allude to testimony about Christ’s atoning work given by Paul and others (as v. 7 mentions). But it seems more likely to identify Christ’s death itself as a testimony to God’s gracious character (as vv. 3-4 describe). This testimony was planned from all eternity, but now has come to light at the time God intended, in the work of Christ. See 2 Tim 1:9-10 ; Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7 for similar ideas.


text: To pray. In this verse Paul resumes and concludes the section about prayer begun in 2:1-2 . 1 Tim 2:3-7 described God’s concern for all people as the motive for such prayer.


text: Paul uses a common ancient posture in prayer ( lifting up holy hands ) as a figure of speech for offering requests from a holy life ( without anger or dispute ).


text: But I do not allow. Although the Greek conjunction δέ ( de ) can have a simple connective force (“and”), it is best to take it as contrastive here: Verse 11 gives a positive statement (that is to say, that a woman should learn ). This was a radical and liberating departure from the Jewish view that women were not to learn the law.