1 Timothy 1:9

1:9 realizing that law ¹  is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

1 Timothy 2:7

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

1 Timothy 5:8

5:8 But if someone does not provide for his own, ³  especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:13

5:13 And besides that, going around ⁴  from house to house they learn to be lazy, ⁵  and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not. ⁶ 

¹ sn Law. There is no definite article (“the”) with this word in Greek and so the inherent quality of the OT law as such is in view. But the OT law is still in mind, since the types of sinful people surveyed in vv. 9b-11a follow the general outline of sins prohibited in the Decalogue.

² 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.

³ tn That is, “his own relatives.”

⁴ tn L&N 15.23 suggests the meaning, “to move about from place to place, with significant changes in direction – ‘to travel about, to wander about.’”

⁵ tn Or “idle.” The whole clause (“going around from house to house, they learn to be lazy”) reverses the order of the Greek. The present participle περιερχόμεναι (periercomenai) may be taken as temporal (“while going around”), instrumental (“by going around”) or result (“with the result that they go around”).

⁶ tn Grk “saying the things that are unnecessary.” Or perhaps “talking about things that are none of their business.”