1 Timothy 1:3

Timothy’s Task in Ephesus

1:3 As I urged you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus ¹  to instruct ²  certain people not to spread false teachings, ³ 

1 Timothy 1:7

1:7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently. ⁴ 

1 Timothy 2:7

2:7 For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle – I am telling the truth; ⁵  I am not lying – and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

1 Timothy 3:5-6

3:5 But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God? 3:6 He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant ⁶  and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact. ⁷ 

1 Timothy 4:14

4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, ⁸  given to you and confirmed by prophetic words ⁹  when the elders laid hands on you. ¹⁰ 

1 Timothy 5:8

5:8 But if someone does not provide for his own, ¹¹  especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:11

5:11 But do not accept younger widows on the list, ¹²  because their passions may lead them away from Christ ¹³  and they will desire to marry,

1 Timothy 5:18

5:18 For the scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” ¹⁴  and, “The worker deserves his pay.” ¹⁵ 

1 Timothy 6:3

6:3 If someone spreads false teachings ¹⁶  and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness,

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¹ map For location see JP1-D2; JP2-D2; JP3-D2; JP4-D2.

² tn This word implies authoritative instruction: “direct, command, give orders” (cf. 1 Tim 4:11; 5:7; 6:13, 17). See BDAG 760 s.v. παραγγέλλω.

³ tn Grk “to teach other doctrines,” different from apostolic teaching (cf. 1 Tim 6:3).

⁴ tn The Greek reinforces this negation: “understand neither what they are saying nor the things they insist on…”

⁵ tc Most mss (א* D² H 33^vid Ï) have ἐν Χριστῷ (en Cristw) after λέγω (legw) to read “I am telling the truth in Christ,” but this is probably an assimilation to Rom 9:1. Further, the witnesses that lack this phrase are early, important, and well distributed (א² A D* F G P Ψ 6 81 1175 1739 1881 al sy co). It is difficult to explain the shorter reading if it is not original.

⁶ tn Grk “that he may not become arrogant.”

⁷ tn Grk “the judgment of the devil,” which could also mean “the judgment that the devil incurred.” But see 1 Tim 1:20 for examples of the danger Paul seems to have in mind.

⁸ tn Grk “in you.”

⁹ tn Grk “which was given to you through prophecy.” Here as in 2:15 the preposition “through” denotes not “means” but accompanying circumstances: “accompanied by prophecy.”

sn These prophetic words perhaps spoke of what God would do through Timothy in his ministry (cf. 1 Tim 1:18).

¹⁰ tn Grk “with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery” (i.e., the council of elders).

¹¹ tn That is, “his own relatives.”

¹² tn Grk “refuse younger widows.”

¹³ tn With a single verb and object, this clause means “pursue sensuous desires in opposition to Christ.”

¹⁴ sn A quotation from Deut 25:4.

¹⁵ sn A quotation from Luke 10:7.

¹⁶ tn Grk “teaches other doctrines,” (different from apostolic teaching, cf. 1 Tim 1:3).