1 Timothy 1:17

1:17 Now to the eternal king,¹ immortal, invisible, the only² God, be honor and glory forever and ever!³ Amen.

1 Timothy 6:15

6:15 – whose appearing⁴ the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, will reveal at the right time.

1 Timothy 3:12

3:12 Deacons must be husbands of one wife⁵ and good managers of their children and their own households.

1 Timothy 3:7

3:7 And he must be well thought of by⁶ those outside the faith,⁷ so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil’s trap.⁸

1 Timothy 2:2

2:2 even for kings⁹ and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

1 Timothy 4:12

4:12 Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness,¹⁰ and purity.

1 Timothy 4:14

4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have,¹¹ given to you and confirmed by prophetic words¹² when the elders laid hands on you.¹³

1 Timothy 5:8

5:8 But if someone does not provide for his own,¹⁴ especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:21

5:21 Before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, I solemnly charge you to carry out these commands without prejudice or favoritism of any kind.¹⁵

1 Timothy 6:10

6:10 For the love of money is the root¹⁶ of all evils.¹⁷ Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

1 Timothy 1:16

1:16 But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that¹⁸ in me as the worst,¹⁹ Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.

¹tn Or more literally, “king of the ages.”

²tc Most later witnesses (א² D¹ H^c Ψ 1881 Ï) have “wise” (σόφῳ, swfw) here (thus, “the only wise God”), while the earlier and better witnesses (א* A D* F G H* 33 1739 lat co) lack this adjective. Although it could be argued that the longer reading is harder since it does not as emphatically affirm monotheism, it is more likely that scribes borrowed σόφῳ from Rom 16:27 where μόνῳ σόφῳ θεῷ (monw sofw qew, “the only wise God”) is textually solid.

³tn Grk “unto the ages of the ages,” an emphatic way of speaking about eternity in Greek.

⁴tn Grk “which.” All of 1 Tim 6:15 is a relative clause which refers back to “appearing” in v.14. The phrase “whose appearing” was supplied to clarify this connection.

⁷tn Or “men married only once,” “devoted solely to their wives” (see the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 5:9; Titus 1:6).

¹⁰tn Or “have a good reputation with”; Grk “have a good testimony from.”

¹¹tn Grk “the ones outside.”

¹²tn Or “be trapped like the devil was”; Grk “fall into the trap of the devil.” The parallel in 2 Tim 2:26 supports the rendering given in the text.

¹³tn For “even for kings” the Greek says simply “for kings.”

¹⁶tn Or “faith.”

¹⁹tn Grk “in you.”

²⁰tn 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.”

²¹tn Grk “with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery” (i.e., the council of elders).

²²tn That is, “his own relatives.”

²⁵tn Grk “doing nothing according to partiality.”

²⁸tn This could be taken to mean “a root,” but the phrase “of all evils” clearly makes it definite. This seems to be not entirely true to life (some evils are unrelated to love of money), but it should be read as a case of hyperbole (exaggeration to make a point more strongly).

²⁹tn Many translations render this “of all kinds of evil,” especially to allow for the translation “a root” along with it. But there is no parallel for taking a construction like this to mean “all kinds of” or “every kind of.” The normal sense is “all evils.”

³¹tn Grk “but because of this I was treated with mercy, so that…”

³²tn Grk “in me first,” making the connection with the last phrase of v. 15.