1 Timothy 1:3

1 Timothy 1:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
• New International Version (NIV)As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer
• English Standard Version (ESV)As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine,
• New King James Version (NKJV)As I urged you when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

Context of 1 Timothy 1:3

1From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 2to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord! As I urged you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to spread false teachings, 4nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan that operates by faith. 5But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.

1 Timothy 1:3 word by word

Καθὼς παρεκάλεσά σε προσμεῖναι ἐν Ἐφέσῳ πορευόμενος εἰς Μακεδονίαν ἵνα παραγγείλῃς τισὶν μὴ ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖνRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• I besoughtπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• to abide stillπροσμένωprosmenō · to remain/persistG4357
• atἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• EphesusἜφεσοςEphesos · EphesusG2181
• when I wentπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• MacedoniaΜακεδονίαMakedonia · MacedoniaG3109
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• thou mightest chargeπαραγγέλλωparaggellō · to orderG3853
• someτιςtis · oneG5100
• that they teachἑτεροδιδασκαλέωheterodidaskaleō · to teach heresyG2085
• noμήmē · notG3361

Cross-references for 1 Timothy 1:3

• Acts 19:1While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there
• Acts 20:1After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left to go to Macedonia.
• Philippians 2:24though I am confident in the Lord that I too will be coming to see you soon.
• 1 Timothy 4:6By pointing out such things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, having nourished yourself on the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.
• 1 Timothy 5:7Reinforce these commands, so that they will be beyond reproach.
• 1 Timothy 6:3If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness,
• Galatians 1:6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel –
• Ephesians 4:14So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.
• Colossians 2:6Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
• 2 John 1:7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not confess Jesus as Christ coming in the flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist!
• Revelation 2:1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has a firm grasp on the seven stars in his right hand – the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 1:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I besought thee - The apostle had seen that a bad seed had been sown in the Church; and, as he was obliged to go then into Macedonia, he wished Timothy, on whose prudence, piety, and soundness in the faith he could depend, to stay behind and prevent the spreading of a doctrine that would have been pernicious to the people's souls. I have already supposed that this epistle was written after Paul had been delivered from his first imprisonment at Rome, about…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus - It is clear from this, that Paul and Timothy had been laboring together at Ephesus, and the language accords with the supposition that Paul had been compelled to leave before he had completed what he had designed to do there. See the Intro. Section 2. When I went into Macedonia - Having been driven away by the excitement caused by Demetrius and his fellow-craftsmen; Acts 20:1. See the Intro. Section 2,3. That…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3not to teach false doctrines: As Paul had warned before, false teachers entered the church in Ephesus (Acts 20:29–31). He wrote this letter to help Timothy deal with them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Timothy's superintendence of the Church at Ephesus was as locum tenens for the apostle, and so was temporary. Thus, the office of superintending overseer, needed for a time at Ephesus or Crete, in the absence of the presiding apostle, subsequently became a permanent institution on the removal, by death, of the apostles who heretofore superintended the churches. The first title of these overseers seems to have been "angels" (Re 1:20). As I besought thee…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Timothy 1:3

• Doctrines
• Ephesus
• Minister, Christian
• Timothy

In the dictionaries

• Ephesus
• Macedonia
• Ephesus, Ephesian
• Acceptation
• Blasphemer
• Charity
• Heed
• Immortal
• Save
• Titus, Epistle to

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings