1 Timothy 1:18

1:18 I put this charge ¹  before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, ²  in order that with such encouragement ³  you may fight the good fight.

1 Timothy 2:7

2:7 For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle – I am telling the truth; ⁴  I am not lying – and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

1 Timothy 3:15

3:15 in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves ⁵  in the household of God, because it is ⁶  the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

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 ⁷  with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, ⁸ 

1 Timothy 4:14

4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, ⁹  given to you and confirmed by prophetic words ¹⁰  when the elders laid hands on you. ¹¹ 

1 Timothy 5:10

5:10 and has a reputation for good works: as one who has raised children, ¹²  practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in distress – as one who has exhibited all kinds of good works. ¹³ 

1 Timothy 6:17

6:17 Command those who are rich in this world’s goods ¹⁴  not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, ¹⁵  but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

[1:18]  ¹ sn This charge refers to the task Paul described to Timothy in vv. 3-7 above.

[1:18]  ² 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.

[1:18]  ³ tn Grk “that by them you might fight…” (a reference to the prophecies which can encourage him in his work).

[2:7]  ⁴ 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.

[3:15]  ⁷ tn Grk “how it is necessary to behave.”

[3:15]  ⁸ tn Grk “which is” (but the relative clause shows the reason for such conduct).

[4:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “desert the faith by occupying themselves.”

[4:1]  ¹¹ tn Grk “teachings of demons” (speaking of the source of these doctrines).

[4:14]  ¹³ tn Grk “in you.”

[4:14]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “which was given to you through prophecy.” Here as in 2:15 the preposition “through” denotes not “means” but accompanying circumstances: “accompanied by prophecy.”

[4:14]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery” (i.e., the council of elders).

[5:10]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “if she raised children.” The phrase “if she raised children” begins a series of conditional clauses running to the end of the verse. These provide specific examples of her good works (v. 10a).

[5:10]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “followed after every good work.”

[6:17]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “in the present age.”

[6:17]  ²⁰ tn Grk “in uncertainty.”