1:18 I put this charge 2 before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, 3 in order that with such encouragement 4 you may fight the good fight.
1 tn Grk “they [the sins] follow after others.”
2 sn This charge refers to the task Paul described to Timothy in vv. 3-7 above.
3 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.
4 tn Grk “that by them you might fight…” (a reference to the prophecies which can encourage him in his work).