1 Timothy 6:20

Conclusion

6:20 O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid ¹  the profane chatter and absurdities ²  of so-called “knowledge.” ³ 

1 Timothy 6:3

6:3 If someone spreads false teachings ⁴  and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness,

1 Timothy 1:10

1:10 sexually immoral people, practicing homosexuals, ⁵  kidnappers, liars, perjurers – in fact, for any who live contrary to sound teaching.

1 Timothy 4:2

4:2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars ⁶  whose consciences are seared. ⁷ 

1 Timothy 5:12

5:12 and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge. ⁸ 

1 Timothy 1:3

Timothy’s Task in Ephesus

1:3 As I urged you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus ⁹  to instruct ¹⁰  certain people not to spread false teachings, ¹¹ 

1 Timothy 3:8

3:8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, ¹²  not two-faced, ¹³  not given to excessive drinking, ¹⁴  not greedy for gain,

1 Timothy 2:7

2:7 For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle – I am telling the truth; ¹⁵  I am not lying – and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

1 Timothy 5:8

5:8 But if someone does not provide for his own, ¹⁶  especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

¹ tn Grk “avoiding.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² tn Or “contradictions.”

³ tn Grk “the falsely named knowledge.”

⁴ tn Grk “teaches other doctrines,” (different from apostolic teaching, cf. 1 Tim 1:3).

⁷ tn On this term BDAG 135 s.v. ἀρσενοκοίτης states, “a male who engages in sexual activity w. a pers. of his own sex, pederast 1 Cor 6:9…of one who assumes the dominant role in same-sex activity, opp. μαλακός…1 Ti 1:10; Pol 5:3. Cp. Ro 1:27.” L&N 88.280 states, “a male partner in homosexual intercourse – ‘homosexual.’…It is possible that ἀρσενοκοίτης in certain contexts refers to the active male partner in homosexual intercourse in contrast with μαλακός, the passive male partner” (cf. 1 Cor 6:9). Since there is a distinction in contemporary usage between sexual orientation and actual behavior, the qualification “practicing” was supplied in the translation, following the emphasis in BDAG.

¹⁰ tn Grk “in the hypocrisy of liars.”

¹¹ tn Or “branded.” The Greek verb καυστηριάζω (kausthriazw) can be used to refer either to the cause (“brand”) or the effect (“seared”).

¹³ tn Grk “incurring judgment because they reject their first faith.”

¹⁶ map For location see JP1-D2; JP2-D2; JP3-D2; JP4-D2.

¹⁷ tn This word implies authoritative instruction: “direct, command, give orders” (cf. 1 Tim 4:11; 5:7; 6:13, 17). See BDAG 760 s.v. παραγγέλλω.

¹⁸ tn Grk “to teach other doctrines,” different from apostolic teaching (cf. 1 Tim 6:3).

¹⁹ tn Or “respectable, honorable, of serious demeanor.”

²⁰ tn Or “insincere,” “deceitful”; Grk “speaking double.”

²¹ tn Grk “not devoted to much wine.”

²² 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.

²⁵ tn That is, “his own relatives.”