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The end of the commandment (τέλος τῆς παραγγελίας)
The article with “Commandment” points back to might'st charge, 1Ti 1:3. Rend. therefore, of the charge. Τέλος end, aim, that which the charge contemplates.
Love (ἀγάπη)
See on Gal 5:22. The questionings, on the contrary, engendered strifes (2Ti 2:23). Love to men is meant, as meant as N.T. When the word is used absolutely. See Rom 13:10.
Out of a pure heart (ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας)
Comp. Luk 10:27, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of they whole heart (ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας σου), and in or with (ἐν) thy whole soul,” etc. For a pure heart, comp. 2Ti 2:22. Καθαρός pure in Paul only Rom 14:20. The phrase a pure heart occurs, outside of the Pastorals only in 1Pe 1:22. For καρδία heart see on Rom 1:21.
A good conscience(συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς)
Comp 2Ti 1:3. Συνείδησις conscience is common in Paul. See on 1Pe 3:16.
Faith unfeigned (πίστεως ἀνυποκρίτου)
Ἁνυπόκριτος unfeigned twice in Paul, Rom 12:9; 2Co 6:6, both times as an attribute of love. In Jam 3:17, it is an attribute of wisdom, and in 1Pe 1:22, of brotherly love. Notice the triad, love, conscience, faith. There is nothing un-Pauline in the association of conscience and faith, although, as a fact, Paul does not formally associate them. In 1Co 8:7, 1Co 8:10, 1Co 8:12, conscience is associated with knowledge.