1 Timothy 1:15
1:15 This saying 1 is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them! 2
1 Timothy 5:18
5:18 For the scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” 3 and, “The worker deserves his pay.” 4
1 tn Grk “the saying,” referring to the following citation (see 1 Tim 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase).
2 tn Grk “of whom I am the first.”
3 sn A quotation from Deut 25:4.
4 sn A quotation from Luke 10:7.