Pelagius

In his own words on 1 Timothy

• 1 Timothy 1:1

  Timothy is a son in faith, not in flesh.

  PELAGIUS'S COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY

• 1 Timothy 2:15

  When Paul speaks of the salvation that comes through childbearing, he refers to the baptism and rebirth to which their children are led by the believing mother.

  PELAGIUS'S COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY

• 1 Timothy 3:3

  This could range widely in meaning from not delivering blows to the point of death to not striking the consciences of the weak with a bad example.

  PELAGIUS'S COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY

• 1 Timothy 3:9

  The mystery of faith is the passion of Christ, out of which comes the redeeming process by which our salvation is won. "The clear conscience" refers to the fact that the person who knows this mystery purely is not confounded by the spectacle of Christ's humiliation, or, it means that this mystery should be preached straightforwardly, piety not requiring anything beyond the statement itself.

  PELAGIUS'S COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY

• 1 Timothy 5:9

  What is being said here applies in particular to the women who are being considered for ordination as deaconesses.

  PELAGIUS'S COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY