1 Timothy 6:7

6:7 For we have brought nothing into this world and so ¹  we cannot take a single thing out either.

1 Timothy 4:4

4:4 For every creation of God is good and no food ²  is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

1 Timothy 5:21

5:21 Before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, I solemnly charge you to carry out these commands without prejudice or favoritism of any kind. ³ 

1 Timothy 6:4

6:4 he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions,

1 Timothy 4:7

4:7 But reject those myths ⁴  fit only for the godless and gullible, ⁵  and train yourself for godliness.

1 Timothy 3:10

3:10 And these also must be tested first and then let them serve as deacons if they are found blameless.

1 Timothy 3:7

3:7 And he must be well thought of by ⁶  those outside the faith, ⁷  so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil’s trap. ⁸ 

1 Timothy 1:9

1:9 realizing that law ⁹  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,

[6:7]  ¹ 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.

[4:4]  ² tn Grk “nothing.”

[5:21]  ³ tn Grk “doing nothing according to partiality.”

[4:7]  ⁴ sn Those myths refer to legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 2 Tim 4:4; and Titus 1:14.

[4:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “the godless and old-wifely myths.”

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Or “have a good reputation with”; Grk “have a good testimony from.”

[3:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “the ones outside.”

[3:7]  ⁷ tn Or “be trapped like the devil was”; Grk “fall into the trap of the devil.” The parallel in 2 Tim 2:26 supports the rendering given in the text.

[1:9]  ⁶ 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.