Discovery Box1 Timothy 1:15 
Context1:15 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 4:16
Context4:16 Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. 3 Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
1 Timothy 6:19
Context6:19 In this way they will save up 4 a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation 5 for the future and so lay hold of 6 what is truly life.
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 tn Grk “about yourself and your teaching.”
4 tn Grk “saving up” (the continuation of 6:18). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 19.
5 tn Grk “treasuring up a good foundation.”
6 tn Grk “that they may lay hold of.”
