Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Timothy 2:15 - 2:15

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Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Timothy 2:15 - 2:15


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Through the child-bearing (dia tēs teknogonias). Late and rare word (in Aristotle). Here alone in N.T. From teknogonos and this from teknon and root genō. This translation makes it refer to the birth of the Saviour as glorifying womanhood. That is true, but it is not clear that Paul does not have mostly in mind that child-bearing, not public teaching, is the peculiar function of woman with a glory and dignity all its own. “She will be saved” (sōthēsetai) in this function, not by means of it.

If they continue (ean meinōsin). Condition of third class, ean with first aorist active subjunctive of menō, to continue. Note change to plural from the singular (sōthēsetai).