1 Timothy 2:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Timothy 2:7. (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;)— St. Paul uses such solemnity in asserting this doctrine, because the Jews were so much averse to it, and were ready to charge his preaching the gospel among the Gentiles, either upon the want of a due regard to his own nation, or some view of avarice or ambition; looking upon the Gentiles as the most detestable creatures, and probably growing more inveterate against them in proportion to the degree in which theywere compelled to permit them to dwell in their own holy land, and often to associate with them.