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This charge (ταύτην τὴν παραγγελίαν)
See on 1Ti 1:5. It refers to what follows, that thou might'st war, etc.
I commit (παρατίθεμαι)
The verb in the active voice means to place beside. In the middle, to deposit or intrust. Only once in Paul, 1Co 10:27. Comp. 1Pe 4:19.
According to the prophecies which went before on thee (κατὰ τὰς προαγούσας ἐπὶ σὲ προφητείας)
Const, according to with I commit: which went before is to be taken absolutely, and not with on thee: const. prophecies with on these. On thee means concerning thee. The sense of the whole passage is: “I commit this charge unto thee in accordance with prophetic intimations which I formerly received concerning thee.” Prophecy is ranked among the foremost of the special spiritual endowments enumerated by Paul. See Rom 12:6; 1Co 12:10; 1Co 13:2, 1Co 13:8; 1Co 14:6, 1Co 14:22. In 1Co 12:28; Eph 4:11, prophets come next after apostles in the list of those whom God has appointed in the church. In Eph 2:20, believers, Jew and Gentile, are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. According to 1Ti 4:14, prophecy has previously designated Timothy as the recipient of a special spiritual gift; and the prophecies in our passage are the single expressions or detailed contents of the prophecy mentioned there. Προαγεῖν to go before is not used by Paul. In the Pastorals and Hebrews it appears only as an intransitive verb, and so in the only instance in Luke, Luk 18:39. In Acts always transitive, to bring forth. See Act 12:6; Act 16:30; Act 17:5; Act 25:26.
That by them (ἵνα ἐν αὐταῖς)
Ἵνα that denoting the purport of the charge. By them (ἐν), lit. in them; in their sphere, or, possibly, in the power of these.
Thou mightiest war a good warfare (στρατεύῃ - τὴν καλὴν στρατείαν)
More correctly, the good warfare. Στρατεία war-fare once by Paul, 2Co 10:4. Not flight (μάχην), but covering all the particulars of a soldier's service.