1 Timothy 1:12-17

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• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • Chapter IV, Considering Repentance,  Tertullian (c. 203)
  • Chapter XV, Against Praxeas,  Tertullian (c. 213)
  • Chapter XVIII, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
  • I.LXIII, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
  • Epistle LXXII -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 256)
  • From the Geneva Notes.
  • Three Sermons on 1 Timothy 1:15 by Stephen Charnock (Puritan, c. 1675)
    • The Chief of Sinners Saved
    • God's Regard for His Own Glory, Seen in the Saving of Sinners
    • The Fruits of Converting Grace in the Salvation of Sinners
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
  • From Wesley's Notes.
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
  • From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
  • "First Thoughts on Year C Epistle Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 16, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "Our struggle is usually to resist the dualism which says: despite God's awesome and wondrous being, God loves. We are still learning to say: God's awesome and wondrous being is love."
  • "Gratitude for God's Mercy," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
  • "Rooted in Gratitude," Expository Essay, Dr. William R. Long.
    • "Those who most praise are ones who feel the strongest in their own lives."
• Articles & Background:
  • "'First', 'Only', 'One of a Few', and 'No One Else': The Rhetoric of Uniquenes and the Doxologies in 1 Timothy," Jerome H. Neyrey, SJ, Biblica, 2005.
    • "...we are prepared to interpret the doxologies in 1 Timothy 1,17 and 6,15-16 where the language of uniqueness is used in praise of God. The result should be a greater appreciation of the influence of epideictic rhetoric on the way Christians shaped their God-talk."
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  • Bond, L. Susan, "Between Text & Sermon: 1 Timothy 1:3-17," Interpretation, 2006.
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  • Jervis, L. Ann, "Paul the Poet in First Timothy 1:11-17; 2:3b-7; 3:14-16," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1999.
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  • Pohl, Christine, "Sin Insulation," The Christian Century, 2001.
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  • Wood, Ralph C., "First in Sin, First in Service," The Christian Century, 2001.
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• Reviews:
• Sermons:
  • "Amazing Grace," John Jewell, 2001.
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• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
  • Clip Art, 1 Timothy 1:15, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
• Hymns and Music:
  • Hymns with Scripture Allusions: 1 Timothy 1:15, 17. The Cyber Hymnal.
  • At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
    • Chief of Sinners
    • Christ for the World
    • Eternal Father, Strong to Save
    • Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
    • Tell Me the Old, Old Story
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