Discovery Box1 Timothy 1:3 
Context1:3 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 1:18
Context1:18 I put this charge 4 before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, 5 in order that with such encouragement 6 you may fight the good fight.
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 sn This charge refers to the task Paul described to Timothy in vv. 3-7 above.
5 sn The prophecies once spoken about you were apparently spoken at Timothy’s ordination (cf. 1 Tim 4:14) and perhaps spoke of what God would do through him. Thus they can encourage him in his work, as the next clause says.
6 tn Grk “that by them you might fight…” (a reference to the prophecies which can encourage him in his work).
