1 Timotius 1:13

1:13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant ¹  man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

1 Timotius 2:7

2:7 For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle – I am telling the truth; ²  I am not lying – and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

1 Timotius 4:14

4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, ³  given to you and confirmed by prophetic words ⁴  when the elders laid hands on you. ⁵ 

1 Timotius 6:20

Conclusion

6:20 O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid ⁶  the profane chatter and absurdities ⁷  of so-called “knowledge.” ⁸ 

[1:13]  ¹ tn Or “violent,” “cruel.”

[2:7]  ² tc Most mss (א* D² H 33^vid Ï) have ἐν Χριστῷ (en Cristw) after λέγω (legw) to read “I am telling the truth in Christ,” but this is probably an assimilation to Rom 9:1. Further, the witnesses that lack this phrase are early, important, and well distributed (א² A D* F G P Ψ 6 81 1175 1739 1881 al sy co). It is difficult to explain the shorter reading if it is not original.

[4:14]  ³ tn Grk “in you.”

[4:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “which was given to you through prophecy.” Here as in 2:15 the preposition “through” denotes not “means” but accompanying circumstances: “accompanied by prophecy.”

[4:14]  sn These prophetic words perhaps spoke of what God would do through Timothy in his ministry (cf. 1 Tim 1:18).

[4:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery” (i.e., the council of elders).

[6:20]  ⁶ tn Grk “avoiding.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[6:20]  ⁷ tn Or “contradictions.”

[6:20]  ⁸ tn Grk “the falsely named knowledge.”