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13. ἔως ἔρχομαι. Possibly the present tense implies a more confident expectation than would be suggested by ἕως ἄν ἔλθω; cp. 1Ti 3:14 ἐλπίζων ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σὲ τάχιον.
πρόσεχε, give heed; see note on the word at 1Ti 3:8.
τῇ ἀναγνώσει, τῇ παρακλήσει, τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ. These are the three main departments of the public duties of a pastor. (a) ἀνάγνωσις, reading, is not the private study of Scripture (Chrys.), but the public reading of the O.T. in the congregation, a custom taken over from the synagogue (Luk 4:16; Act 15:21; 2Co 3:14). The Apostolic letters were also read in the Christian assemblies in the Apostolic age (Col 4:16; 1Th 5:27); and by the time of Justin Martyr’s Apology (i. 67) portions of O.T. and N.T. Scripture alike were read aloud by the ἀναγνώστης at the Sunday Service. (b) The ἀνάγνωσις τοῦ νόμου was accustomed to be followed by the παράκλησις or exhortation (Act 13:15), corresponding to a modern sermon. παράκλησις is the regular word in Philo for an ‘appeal’ to the individual to rise to the higher life of philosophy. (c) διδασκαλία. This word in the Pastorals generally means ‘doctrine,’ but here it is used in the sense of teaching. (See note on 1Ti 1:10.) It is closely connected with παράκλησις, as the appeal to the heart and conscience ultimately rests on the instruction provided for the intellect. Both come within the pastor’s province. Cp. Rom 12:7 εἴτε ὁ διδάσκων ἐν τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ, εἴτε ὁ παρακαλῶν ἐν τῇ παρακλήσει, and 1Ti 6:2 below ταῦτα δίδασκε καὶ παρακάλει.