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A good report (μαρτυριαν καλὴν)
Comp. Act 6:3. Not only does καλός occur in the Pastorals nearly twice as many times as in Paul, but the usage is different. Out of 16 instances in Paul, there is but one in which καλός is not used substantively (Rom 7:16), while in the Pastorals it is, almost without exception, used adjectively. Μαρτυρίαν, better testimony. Comp. Tit 1:13. Not in Paul, who uses μαρτύριον.
Of them which are without (ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν)
Ἔξωθεν only once in Paul (2Co 7:6), and οἱ ἔξωθεν nowhere in Paul, and only here in Pastorals. Paul's phrase is ὁ ἔξω: see 1Co 5:12, 1Co 5:13; 2Co 4:16; 1Th 4:12.
Reproach (ὀνειδισμὸν)
By Paul in Rom 15:3 : only here in Pastorals: three times in Hebrews.
Snare (παγίδα)
Comp. 1Ti 6:9; 2Ti 2:26. In Paul, Rom 11:9, see note. Both reproach and snare govern διαβόλου.