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1 Timothy 4 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)

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1 το δε πνευμα ρητωσ λεγει οτι εν υστεροισ καιροισ αποστησονται τινεσ τησ πιστεωσ προσεχοντεσ πνευμασιν πλανοισ και διδασκαλιαισ δαιμονιων
1 But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
2 εν υποκρισει ψευδολογων κεκαυτηριασμενων την ιδιαν συνειδησιν
2 through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron,
3 κωλυοντων γαμειν απεχεσθαι βρωματων α ο θεοσ εκτισεν εισ μεταληψιν μετα ευχαριστιασ τοισ πιστοισ και επεγνωκοσιν την αληθειαν
3 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
4 οτι παν κτισμα θεου καλον και ουδεν αποβλητον μετα ευχαριστιασ λαμβανομενον
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
5 αγιαζεται γαρ δια λογου θεου και εντευξεωσ
5 For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
6 ταυτα υποτιθεμενοσ τοισ αδελφοισ καλοσ εση διακονοσ ιησου χριστου εντρεφομενοσ τοισ λογοισ τησ πιστεωσ και τησ καλησ διδασκαλιασ η παρηκολουθηκασ
6 If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.
7 τουσ δε βεβηλουσ και γραωδεισ μυθουσ παραιτου γυμναζε δε σεαυτον προσ ευσεβειαν
7 But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.
8 η γαρ σωματικη γυμνασια προσ ολιγον εστιν ωφελιμοσ η δε ευσεβεια προσ παντα ωφελιμοσ εστιν επαγγελιαν εχουσα ζωησ τησ νυν και τησ μελλουσησ
8 For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come.
9 πιστοσ ο λογοσ και πασησ αποδοχησ αξιοσ
9 This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.
10 εισ τουτο γαρ και κοπιωμεν και ονειδιζομεθα οτι ηλπικαμεν επι θεω ζωντι οσ εστιν σωτηρ παντων ανθρωπων μαλιστα πιστων
10 For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
11 παραγγελλε ταυτα και διδασκε
11 Command and teach these things.
12 μηδεισ σου τησ νεοτητοσ καταφρονειτω αλλα τυποσ γινου των πιστων εν λογω εν αναστροφη εν αγαπη εν πνευματι εν πιστει εν αγνεια
12 Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.
13 εωσ ερχομαι προσεχε τη αναγνωσει τη παρακλησει τη διδασκαλια
13 Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.
14 μη αμελει του εν σοι χαρισματοσ ο εδοθη σοι δια προφητειασ μετα επιθεσεωσ των χειρων του πρεσβυτεριου
14 Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
15 ταυτα μελετα εν τουτοισ ισθι ινα σου η προκοπη φανερα η εν πασιν
15 Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.
16 επεχε σεαυτω και τη διδασκαλια επιμενε αυτοισ τουτο γαρ ποιων και σεαυτον σωσεισ και τουσ ακουοντασ σου
16 Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Cross references (16)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 2 Timothy 3:1–9; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; Jude 18; 2 Thessalonians 2:3–12
  2. 2 Ephesians 4:19; Romans 16:18; Acts 20:30; Romans 1:28; Matthew 24:24
  3. 3 Hebrews 13:4; 1 Timothy 4:4; Romans 14:6; Colossians 2:16; 1 Corinthians 10:30–31
  4. 4 Romans 14:20; 1 Corinthians 10:25; Romans 14:14; 1 Corinthians 10:23; Acts 21:25
  5. 5 1 Timothy 4:3; Luke 4:4; 1 Corinthians 7:14; Titus 1:15; Luke 11:41
  6. 6 Titus 2:7–10; Colossians 3:16; 2 Peter 3:1–2; Colossians 4:7; Matthew 13:52
  7. 7 2 Timothy 2:16; Titus 2:12; 1 Timothy 1:4; 2 Peter 1:5–8; Titus 3:9
  8. 8 Matthew 6:33; 1 Timothy 6:6; Psalm 37:3–4; Proverbs 19:23; Proverbs 22:4
  9. 9 1 Timothy 1:15
  10. 10 1 Timothy 2:4; 1 John 2:2; John 1:29; 1 John 4:14; 1 Timothy 2:6
  11. 11 1 Timothy 6:2; 2 Timothy 4:2; Titus 2:15; 1 Timothy 5:7; Titus 3:8
  12. 12 Titus 2:7; 2 Timothy 2:22; 2 Timothy 2:15; 1 Peter 5:3; 2 Peter 1:5–8
  13. 13 Acts 6:4; Titus 2:15; 2 Timothy 4:2; 1 Timothy 4:16; Acts 17:11
  14. 14 2 Timothy 1:6; 1 Peter 4:9–11; 1 Timothy 1:18; Acts 6:6; 1 Timothy 5:22
  15. 15 Matthew 5:16; Psalm 143:5; Philippians 2:15–16; Psalm 104:34; Psalm 119:48
  16. 16 Titus 1:9; Titus 2:7; 2 John 8–9; 1 Corinthians 3:10–11; Ezekiel 33:7–9

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary 4:1 John Chrysostom, Homilies on First Timothy (Homily XII)

    As those who adhere to the faith are fixed on a safe anchor, so those who fall from the faith can nowhere rest; but after many wanderings to and fro, they are borne at last into the very gulf of perdition.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)

  2. Quotes verse 4:4 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book X, Chapters XXIX–XXXI)

    Thou hast taught me, good Father, that "unto the pure all things are pure;" but "it is evil for that man who eateth with offence;" "and that every creature of Thine is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with, thanksgiving;" and that "meat commendeth us not to God;" and that no man should "judge us in …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 4:3 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture IV)

    … neither condemn the men as sinners, nor abhor the flesh as strange food; for the Apostle knows some of this sort, when he says: forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  4. Quotes verse 4:11 Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine (Book IV, Chapters 15–18)

    In the First Epistle to Timothy do we not read: "These things command and teach?" What these things are, has been told previously.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  5. Quotes verse 4:1 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XVII)

    And that the Holy Ghost subsists, and lives, and speaks, and foretells, I have often said in what goes before, and Paul writes it plainly to Timothy: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in later times some shall depart from the faith,--which we see in the divisions not only of former times but also of our own; so motley …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)