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 4:2

4:2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars ²  whose consciences are seared. ³ 

1 Timothy 4:1

Timothy’s Ministry in the Later Times

4:1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves ⁴  with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, ⁵ 

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 “in the hypocrisy of liars.”

³ tn Or “branded.” The Greek verb καυστηριάζω (kausthriazw) can be used to refer either to the cause (“brand”) or the effect (“seared”).

³ tn Or “desert the faith by occupying themselves.”

⁴ tn Grk “teachings of demons” (speaking of the source of these doctrines).