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 4:3

4:3 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 4:14

4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, ⁴  given to you and confirmed by prophetic words ⁵  when the elders laid hands on you. ⁶ 

1 Timothy 6:3

6:3 If someone spreads false teachings ⁷  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 6:10

6:10 For the love of money is the root ⁸  of all evils. ⁹  Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

1 Timothy 6:17

6:17 Command those who are rich in this world’s goods ¹⁰  not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, ¹¹  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).

[4:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “in you.”

[4:14]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Grk “with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery” (i.e., the council of elders).

[6:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “teaches other doctrines,” (different from apostolic teaching, cf. 1 Tim 1:3).

[6:10]  ¹⁰ tn This could be taken to mean “a root,” but the phrase “of all evils” clearly makes it definite. This seems to be not entirely true to life (some evils are unrelated to love of money), but it should be read as a case of hyperbole (exaggeration to make a point more strongly).

[6:10]  ¹¹ tn Many translations render this “of all kinds of evil,” especially to allow for the translation “a root” along with it. But there is no parallel for taking a construction like this to mean “all kinds of” or “every kind of.” The normal sense is “all evils.”

[6:17]  ¹³ tn Grk “in the present age.”

[6:17]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “in uncertainty.”