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1 Timothy 1:4-7

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1:4 nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. 1  Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan 2  that operates by faith. 1:5 But the aim of our instruction 3  is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. 4  1:6 Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion. 1:7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently. 5 

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[1:4]  1 sn Myths and interminable genealogies. These myths were legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 4:7; 2 Tim 4:4; and Titus 1:14. They were perhaps built by speculation from the patriarchal narratives in the OT; hence the connection with genealogies and with wanting to be teachers of the law (v. 7).

[1:4]  2 tc A few Western mss (D* latt Ir) read οἰκοδομήν (oikodomhn, “[God’s] edification”) rather than οἰκονομίαν (oikonomian, “[God’s] redemptive plan”), which is read by the earliest and best witnesses.

[1:5]  3 tn Grk “the instruction,” referring to orthodox Christian teaching and ministry in general, in contrast to that of the false teachers mentioned in 1:3-4.

[1:5]  4 tn Grk “love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.”

[1:7]  5 tn The Greek reinforces this negation: “understand neither what they are saying nor the things they insist on…”



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