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 ¹  with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, ² 

1 Timothy 6:15

6:15 – whose appearing ³  the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, will reveal at the right time.

¹ tn Or “desert the faith by occupying themselves.”

² tn Grk “teachings of demons” (speaking of the source of these doctrines).

³ tn Grk “which.” All of 1 Tim 6:15 is a relative clause which refers back to “appearing” in v.14. The phrase “whose appearing” was supplied to clarify this connection.