1 Timothy 1:15
Context1:15 This saying 1 is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them! 2
1 Timothy 5:5
Context5:5 But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, 3 has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.
1 Timothy 6:12
Context6:12 Compete well 4 for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession 5 for 6 in the presence of many witnesses.


[1:15] 1 tn Grk “the saying,” referring to the following citation (see 1 Tim 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase).
[1:15] 2 tn Grk “of whom I am the first.”
[5:5] 3 tn Or “left all alone.”
[6:12] 5 tn This phrase literally means “compete in the good competition of the faith,” using words that may refer to a race or to a boxing or wrestling match: “run the good race” or “fight the good fight.” The similar phrase in 1 Tim 1:18 uses a military picture and is more literally “war the good warfare.”
[6:12] 6 sn At some point in Timothy’s life, he publicly acknowledged Jesus as the resurrected Lord, perhaps either at his baptism or his ordination as a minister of the gospel. With this reminder of the historical moment of his good confession, Timothy is encouraged to remain steadfast in his faith and to finish his life as a minister in the same way it began (see G. W. Knight, Pastoral Epistles [NIGTC], 264-65).