1 Timothy 1:9

1:9 realizing that law ¹  is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

1 Timothy 3:15

3:15 in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves ²  in the household of God, because it is ³  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 ⁴  with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, ⁵ 

1 Timothy 4:8

4:8 For “physical exercise ⁶  has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”

1 Timothy 5:5

5:5 But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, ⁷  has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.

1 Timothy 5:8

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

1 Timothy 6:9

6:9 Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

[1:9]  ¹ sn Law. There is no definite article (“the”) with this word in Greek and so the inherent quality of the OT law as such is in view. But the OT law is still in mind, since the types of sinful people surveyed in vv. 9b-11a follow the general outline of sins prohibited in the Decalogue.

[3:15]  ² tn Grk “how it is necessary to behave.”

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

[4:1]  ³ tn Or “desert the faith by occupying themselves.”

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

[4:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “bodily training” (using the noun form of the verb “train” in v. 7b).

[5:5]  ⁵ tn Or “left all alone.”

[5:8]  ⁶ tn That is, “his own relatives.”