1 Timothy 2:7

2:7 For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle – I am telling the truth; ¹  I am not lying – and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

1 Timothy 3:14

Conduct in God’s Church

3:14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions ²  to you

1 Timothy 1:15

1:15 This saying ³  is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them! ⁴ 

1 Timothy 3:15

3:15 in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves ⁵  in the household of God, because it is ⁶  the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

1 Timothy 1:12

1:12 I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,

1 Timothy 5:15

5:15 For some have already wandered away to follow Satan. ⁷ 

1 Timothy 1:18

1:18 I put this charge ⁸  before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, ⁹  in order that with such encouragement ¹⁰  you may fight the good fight.

¹ 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.

² tn Grk “these things.”

³ 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).

⁴ tn Grk “of whom I am the first.”

⁴ tn Grk “how it is necessary to behave.”

⁵ tn Grk “which is” (but the relative clause shows the reason for such conduct).

⁵ tn Grk “wandered away after Satan.”

⁶ sn This charge refers to the task Paul described to Timothy in vv. 3-7 above.

⁷ 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.

⁸ tn Grk “that by them you might fight…” (a reference to the prophecies which can encourage him in his work).