1 Timotius 1:3-7
Konteks1:3 As I urged you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus 1 to instruct 2 certain people not to spread false teachings, 3 1:4 nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. 4 Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan 5 that operates by faith. 1:5 But the aim of our instruction 6 is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. 7 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. 8
1 Timotius 4:1-3
Konteks4:1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves 9 with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, 10 4:2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars 11 whose consciences are seared. 12 4:3 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
[1:3] 1 map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.
[1:3] 2 tn This word implies authoritative instruction: “direct, command, give orders” (cf. 1 Tim 4:11; 5:7; 6:13, 17). See BDAG 760 s.v. παραγγέλλω.
[1:3] 3 tn Grk “to teach other doctrines,” different from apostolic teaching (cf. 1 Tim 6:3).
[1:4] 4 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] 5 tc A few Western
[1:4] tn More literally, “the administration of God that is by faith.”
[1:4] sn God’s redemptive plan. The basic word (οἰκονομία, oikonomia) denotes the work of a household steward or manager or the arrangement under which he works: “household management.” As a theological term it is used of the order or arrangement by which God brings redemption through Christ (God’s “dispensation, plan of salvation” [Eph 1:10; 3:9]) or of human responsibility to pass on the message of that salvation (“stewardship, commission” [1 Cor 9:17; Eph 3:2; Col 1:25]). Here the former is in view (see the summary of God’s plan in 1 Tim 2:3-6; 2 Tim 1:9-10; Titus 3:4-7), and Paul notes the response people must make to God’s arrangement: It is “in faith” or “by faith.”
[1:5] 6 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] 7 tn Grk “love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.”
[1:7] 8 tn The Greek reinforces this negation: “understand neither what they are saying nor the things they insist on…”
[4:1] 9 tn Or “desert the faith by occupying themselves.”
[4:1] 10 tn Grk “teachings of demons” (speaking of the source of these doctrines).
[4:2] 11 tn Grk “in the hypocrisy of liars.”
[4:2] 12 tn Or “branded.” The Greek verb καυστηριάζω (kausthriazw) can be used to refer either to the cause (“brand”) or the effect (“seared”).
[4:2] sn Consciences are seared. The precise meaning of this phrase is somewhat debated. Three primary interpretations are (1) the consciences of these false teachers are “branded” with Satan’s mark to indicate ownership, (2) their consciences are “branded” with a penal mark to show they are lawbreakers, or (3) their consciences have been “seared” (i.e., totally burnt and desensitized) so that they are unable to notice the difference between right and wrong. See G. W. Knight, Pastoral Epistles (NIGTC), 189.
