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. ¹ 

1 Timothy 1:13

1:13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant ²  man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

1 Timothy 3:6

3:6 He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant ³  and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact. ⁴ 

1 Timothy 4:14

4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, ⁵  given to you and confirmed by prophetic words ⁶  when the elders laid hands on you. ⁷ 

¹ tn The Greek reinforces this negation: “understand neither what they are saying nor the things they insist on…”

² tn Or “violent,” “cruel.”

³ tn Grk “that he may not become arrogant.”

⁴ 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.

⁴ tn Grk “in you.”

⁵ 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.”

⁶ tn Grk “with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery” (i.e., the council of elders).