1 Timothy 4:1-2

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 ¹  with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, ²  4:2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars ³  whose consciences are seared. ⁴ 

1 Timothy 4:2

4:2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars ⁵  whose consciences are seared. ⁶ 

1 Timothy 3:1

Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons

3:1 This saying ⁷  is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, ⁸  he desires a good work.”

1 Timothy 3:1

Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons

3:1 This saying ⁹  is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, ¹⁰  he desires a good work.”

1 Timothy 2:1

Prayer for All People

2:1 First of all, then, I urge that requests, ¹¹  prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people, ¹² 

Jude 1:18

1:18 For they said to you, “In the end time there will come ¹³  scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.” ¹⁴ 

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

[4:1]  ² tn Grk “teachings of demons” (speaking of the source of these doctrines).

[4:2]  ³ tn Grk “in the hypocrisy of liars.”

[4:2]  ⁴ tn Or “branded.” The Greek verb καυστηριάζω (kausthriazw) can be used to refer either to the cause (“brand”) or the effect (“seared”).

[4:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “in the hypocrisy of liars.”

[4:2]  ⁶ tn Or “branded.” The Greek verb καυστηριάζω (kausthriazw) can be used to refer either to the cause (“brand”) or the effect (“seared”).

[3:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “the saying,” referring to the following citation (see 1 Tim 1:15; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase).

[3:1]  ⁸ tn Grk “aspires to oversight.”

[3:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “the saying,” referring to the following citation (see 1 Tim 1:15; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase).

[3:1]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “aspires to oversight.”

[2:1]  ¹¹ tn Or “petitions.”

[2:1]  ¹² tn Grk “all men”; but here ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is used generically, referring to both men and women.

[1:18]  ¹³ tn Grk “be.”

[1:18]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “going according to their own desires of ungodliness.”