1 Timothy · Berean Standard Bible
1 Timothy 1 Berean Standard Bible
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1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
1 Παῦλος, ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ κατ᾽ ἐπιταγὴν Θεοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τῆς ἐλπίδος ἡμῶν,
2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Τιμοθέῳ γνησίῳ τέκνῳ ἐν πίστει· χάρις, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν.
3 As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines
3 Καθὼς παρεκάλεσά σε προσμεῖναι ἐν Ἐφέσῳ, πορευόμενος εἰς Μακεδονίαν, ἵνα παραγγείλῃς τισὶ μὴ ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖν
4 or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.
4 μηδὲ προσέχειν μύθοις καὶ γενεαλογίαις ἀπεράντοις, αἵτινες ζητήσεις παρέχουσι μᾶλλον ἢ οἰκονομίαν Θεοῦ τὴν ἐν πίστει·
5 The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
5 τὸ δὲ τέλος τῆς παραγγελίας ἐστὶν ἀγάπη ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας καὶ συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς καὶ πίστεως ἀνυποκρίτου,
6 Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.
6 ὧν τινες ἀστοχήσαντες ἐξετράπησαν εἰς ματαιολογίαν,
7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
7 θέλοντες εἶναι νομοδιδάσκαλοι, μὴ νοοῦντες μήτε ἃ λέγουσι μήτε περὶ τίνων διαβεβαιοῦνται.
8 Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.
8 Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι καλὸς ὁ νόμος, ἐάν τις αὐτῷ νομίμως χρῆται,
9 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,
9 εἰδὼς τοῦτο, ὅτι δικαίῳ νόμος οὐ κεῖται, ἀνόμοις δὲ καὶ ἀνυποτάκτοις, ἀσεβέσι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοῖς, ἀνοσίοις καὶ βεβήλοις, πατρολῴαις καὶ μητρολῴαις, ἀνδροφόνοις,
10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
10 πόρνοις, ἀρσενοκοίταις, ἀνδραποδισταῖς, ψεύσταις, ἐπιόρκοις, καὶ εἴ τι ἕτερον τῇ ὑγιαινούσῃ διδασκαλίᾳ ἀντίκειται,
11 that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
11 κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς δόξης τοῦ μακαρίου Θεοῦ, ὃ ἐπιστεύθην ἐγώ.
12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.
12 Καὶ χάριν ἔχω τῷ ἐνδυναμώσαντί με Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, ὅτι πιστόν με ἡγήσατο, θέμενος εἰς διακονίαν
13 I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
13 τὸν πρότερον ὄντα βλάσφημον καὶ διώκτην καὶ ὑβριστήν· ἀλλ᾽ ἠλεήθην, ὅτι ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα ἐν ἀπιστίᾳ,
14 And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
14 ὑπερεπλεόνασε δὲ ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν μετὰ πίστεως καὶ ἀγάπης τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
15 This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
15 Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος καὶ πάσης ἀποδοχῆς ἄξιος, ὅτι Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς ἦλθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἁμαρτωλοὺς σῶσαι, ὧν πρῶτός εἰμι ἐγώ·
16 But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
16 ἀλλὰ διὰ τοῦτο ἠλεήθην, ἵνα ἐν ἐμοὶ πρώτῳ ἐνδείξηται Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς τὴν πᾶσαν μακροθυμίαν, πρὸς ὑποτύπωσιν τῶν μελλόντων πιστεύειν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
17 Τῷ δὲ βασιλεῖ τῶν αἰώνων, ἀφθάρτῳ, ἀοράτῳ, μόνῳ σοφῷ Θεῷ, τιμὴ καὶ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν.
18 Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
18 Ταύτην τὴν παραγγελίαν παρατίθεμαί σοι, τέκνον Τιμόθεε, κατὰ τὰς προαγούσας ἐπὶ σὲ προφητείας, ἵνα στρατεύῃ ἐν αὐταῖς τὴν καλὴν στρατείαν,
19 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.
19 ἔχων πίστιν καὶ ἀγαθὴν συνείδησιν, ἥν τινες ἀπωσάμενοι περὶ τὴν πίστιν ἐναυάγησαν·
20 Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
20 ὧν ἐστιν Ὑμέναιος καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος, οὓς παρέδωκα τῷ σατανᾷ, ἵνα παιδευθῶσι μὴ βλασφημεῖν.
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Alexander
A coppersmith who did Paul great harm; a man of the same name was also handed over to Satan with Hymenaeus, possibly the same person.
Cited in the guide: 1 Timothy 1:20; 2 Timothy 4:14
Hymenaeus
A man who shipwrecked his faith; Paul handed him over to Satan to learn not to blaspheme, and he taught that the resurrection had already happened.
Cited in the guide: 1 Timothy 1:20; 2 Timothy 2:17
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Titus 1:3; Colossians 1:27; Acts 9:15; Jude 25; Galatians 1:1
- 2 Titus 1:4; 2 Timothy 1:2; 1 Corinthians 4:14–17; Philippians 2:19–22; Acts 16:1–3
- 3 1 Timothy 6:3; Galatians 1:6–7; 2 John 9–10; Titus 1:9–11; 2 John 7
- 4 1 Timothy 4:7; Titus 1:14; Titus 3:9; 2 Timothy 4:4; 2 Peter 1:16
- 5 1 Timothy 1:19; Galatians 5:22; 2 Timothy 2:22; Galatians 5:13–14; 2 Timothy 1:5
- 6 Titus 1:10; 2 Timothy 2:23–24; Titus 3:9; 1 Timothy 6:20–21; 1 Timothy 5:15
- 7 Romans 1:22; 2 Peter 2:12; 1 Timothy 6:4; Galatians 3:5; Galatians 5:3–4
- 8 Romans 7:12–13; Romans 7:16; Psalm 19:7–10; 2 Timothy 2:5; Galatians 3:21
- 9 Galatians 3:19; 1 Peter 4:18; Romans 5:20; Galatians 3:10–14; Galatians 5:23
- 10 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; Leviticus 18:22; 2 Timothy 4:3; Romans 1:26; Galatians 5:19–21
- 11 Galatians 2:7; Titus 1:3; 1 Timothy 6:15; Romans 2:16; 2 Corinthians 4:4
- 12 Philippians 4:13; 2 Timothy 4:17; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Colossians 1:25; Philippians 2:11
- 13 Acts 8:3; Hebrews 6:4–8; 1 Peter 2:10; 2 Peter 2:21–22; Acts 9:13
- 14 2 Timothy 1:13; Ephesians 1:7–8; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Peter 1:3; 2 Corinthians 13:14
- 15 Mark 2:17; Luke 19:10; John 3:16–17; John 12:47; John 1:12
- 16 1 Timothy 1:13; Ephesians 2:7; Psalm 25:11; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 5:11–12
- 17 Ephesians 3:20–21; Jude 25; 1 Timothy 6:15–16; Revelation 19:1; Revelation 17:14
- 18 1 Timothy 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:1–3; 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 2:1–5; 2 Corinthians 10:3–4
- 19 1 Timothy 3:9; Revelation 3:10; 1 Peter 3:15–16; 1 Timothy 6:9; Titus 1:9
- 20 1 Corinthians 5:4–5; 1 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Timothy 2:17; 2 Thessalonians 3:15; Revelation 3:19
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[The R.V. omits kuriouand translates: Christ Jesus our hope, tes elpidos hemon.] 1. Great and admirable is the dignity of an Apostle, and we find Paul constantly setting forth the causes of it, not as if he took the honor to himself, but as intrusted with it, and being under the necessity of so doing.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
Inasmuch as certain men have set the truth aside, and bring in lying words and vain genealogies, which, as the apostle says, "minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith," and by means of their craftily-constructed plausibilities draw away the minds of the inexperienced and take them captive, [I have felt constrained, my dear friend, to compose the …
He would not be long with us, yet left us not; for He departed thither, whence He never departed, because "the world was made by Him." And in this world He was, and into this world He came to save sinners, unto whom my soul doth confess, that He may heal it, for it hath sinned against Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… of vipers." For that animal too is said to destroy the mother that is in travail with her, and eating through her belly, thus to come forth unto light; which kind of thing these men also did being "murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers," and destroying their instructors with their own hands.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
But the grace of God was exceeding abundant in me.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)