Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
ADDRESS: PAUL'S DESIGN IN HAVING LEFT TIMOTHY AT EPHESUS, NAMELY, TO CHECK FALSE TEACHERS; TRUE USE OF THE LAW; HARMONIZING WITH THE GOSPEL; GOD'S GRACE IN CALLING PAUL, ONCE A BLASPHEMER, TO EXPERIENCE AND TO PREACH IT; CHARGES TO TIMOTHY. (1Ti. 1:1-20)
by the commandment of God—the authoritative injunction, as well as the commission, of God. In the earlier Epistles the phrase is, "by the will of God." Here it is expressed in a manner implying that a necessity was laid on him to act as an apostle, not that it was merely at his option. The same expression occurs in the doxology, probably written long after the Epistle itself [ALFORD] (Romans 16:26).
God our Saviour—The Father (I Timothy 2:3; I Timothy 4:10; Luke 1:47; II Timothy 1:9; Titus 1:3; Titus 2:10; Titus 3:4; Judges 1:25). It was a Jewish expression in devotion, drawn from the Old Testament (compare Psalms 106:21).
our hope— (Colossians 1:27; Titus 1:2; Titus 2:13).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Timothy 1:1:
1 Thessalonians 2:19
Titus 1:3
Titus 2:10
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