1 Timothy 2:4

2:4 since he wants ¹  all people ²  to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

1 Timothy 2:6

2:6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God’s purpose at his appointed time. ³ 

1 Timothy 2:14

2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was fully deceived, ⁴  fell into transgression. ⁵ 

1 Timothy 3:6

3:6 He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant ⁶  and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact. ⁷ 

1 Timothy 4:13

4:13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of scripture, ⁸  to exhortation, to teaching.

1 Timothy 5:9

5:9 No widow should be put on the list ⁹  unless ¹⁰  she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband, ¹¹ 

1 Timothy 5:11

5:11 But do not accept younger widows on the list, ¹²  because their passions may lead them away from Christ ¹³  and they will desire to marry,

1 Timothy 5:19-20

5:19 Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses. ¹⁴  5:20 Those guilty of sin ¹⁵  must be rebuked ¹⁶  before all, ¹⁷  as a warning to the rest. ¹⁸ 

1 Timothy 6:7

6:7 For we have brought nothing into this world and so ¹⁹  we cannot take a single thing out either.

1 Timothy 6:19

6:19 In this way they will save up ²⁰  a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation ²¹  for the future and so lay hold of ²²  what is truly life.

1 Timothy 6:21

6:21 By professing it, some have strayed from the faith. ²³  Grace be with you all. ²⁴ 

[2:4]  ¹ tn Grk “who wants…” (but showing why such prayer is pleasing to God).

[2:4]  ² tn Grk “all men”; but here ἀνθρώπους (anqrwpous) is used generically, referring to both men and women.

[2:6]  ³ sn Revealing God’s purpose at his appointed time is a difficult expression without clear connection to the preceding, literally “a testimony at the proper time.” This may allude to testimony about Christ’s atoning work given by Paul and others (as v. 7 mentions). But it seems more likely to identify Christ’s death itself as a testimony to God’s gracious character (as vv. 3-4 describe). This testimony was planned from all eternity, but now has come to light at the time God intended, in the work of Christ. See 2 Tim 1:9-10; Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7 for similar ideas.

[2:14]  ⁵ tn This phrase uses a compound form of the same verb as in v. 14a: “deceived” vs. “deceived out, completely deceived.” The two verbs could be synonymous, but because of the close contrast in this context, it seems that a stronger meaning is intended for the second verb.

[2:14]  ⁶ tn Grk “has come to be in transgression” (with an emphasis on the continuing consequences of that fall).

[3:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “that he may not become arrogant.”

[3:6]  ⁸ tn Grk “the judgment of the devil,” which could also mean “the judgment that the devil incurred.” But see 1 Tim 1:20 for examples of the danger Paul seems to have in mind.

[4:13]  ⁹ tn Grk “reading.”

[5:9]  ¹¹ sn This list was an official enrollment, apparently with a formal pledge to continue as a widow and serve the Lord in that way (cf. v. 12). It was either (1) the list of “true widows” who were given support by the church or (2) a smaller group of older women among the supported widows who were qualified for special service (perhaps to orphans, other widows, the sick, etc.). Most commentators understand it to be the former, since a special group is not indicated clearly. See G. W. Knight, Pastoral Epistles, 222-23 for discussion.

[5:9]  ¹² tn Grk “let a widow be enrolled if she has reached not less than sixty years.”

[5:9]  ¹³ tn Or “a woman married only once,” “was devoted solely to her husband” (see the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 3:12; Titus 1:6).

[5:11]  ¹³ tn Grk “refuse younger widows.”

[5:11]  ¹⁴ tn With a single verb and object, this clause means “pursue sensuous desires in opposition to Christ.”

[5:19]  ¹⁵ sn An allusion to Deut 17:6, 19:15.

[5:20]  ¹⁷ sn As a continuation of v. 19, this refers to elders who sin, not to sinning believers more generally.

[5:20]  ¹⁸ tn Or “censured.” The Greek word implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.

[5:20]  ¹⁹ tn “Before all” probably refers to the whole congregation, not just all the elders; “the rest” is more likely to denote the remaining elders.

[5:20]  ²⁰ tn Grk “that the rest may have fear.”

[6:7]  ¹⁹ tc The Greek conjunction ὅτι usually means “because,” but here it takes the sense “so that” (see BDAG 732 s.v. 5.c). This unusual sense led to textual variation as scribes attempted to correct what appeared to be an error: D* and a few versional witnesses read ἀληθές ὅτι (“it is true that”), and א² D² Ψ Ï read δῆλον ὅτι (“it is clear that”). Thus the simple conjunction is preferred on internal as well as external grounds, supported by א* A F G 33 81 1739 1881 pc.

[6:19]  ²¹ tn Grk “saving up” (the continuation of 6:18). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 19.

[6:19]  ²² tn Grk “treasuring up a good foundation.”

[6:19]  ²³ tn Grk “that they may lay hold of.”

[6:21]  ²³ tn Grk “have deviated concerning the faith.”

[6:21]  ²⁴ tc Most witnesses (א² D¹ Ψ Ï sy) conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”). Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, the earliest and best witnesses (א* A D* F G 33 81 1739* 1881 it sa) lack the particle, indicating that the letter concluded with “Grace be with you all.”