1:18 I put this charge 3 before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, 4 in order that with such encouragement 5 you may fight the good fight.
1 tn Grk “having children in submission with all dignity.” The last phrase, “keep his children in control without losing his dignity,” may refer to the children rather than the parent: “having children who are obedient and respectful.”
2 tn 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).
3 sn This charge refers to the task Paul described to Timothy in vv. 3-7 above.
4 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.
5 tn Grk “that by them you might fight…” (a reference to the prophecies which can encourage him in his work).
4 tn Or “to practice their religion.”
5 tn Or “and so make some repayment to their parents”; Grk “and to give back recompense to their parents.”
6 tn Grk “for this is pleasing in the sight of God.”