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,
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)When I left for Macedonia, I urged you to stay there in Ephesus and stop those whose teaching is contrary to the truth.

Context of 1 Timothy 1:3

1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 2To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 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 4or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith. 5The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and 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 at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples
• Acts 20:1When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia.
• Philippians 2:24And I am confident in the Lord that I myself will come soon.
• 1 Timothy 4:6If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.
• 1 Timothy 5:7Give the people these instructions, so that no one may be open to blame.
• 1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,
• Galatians 1:6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
• Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
• Colossians 2:6So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
• 2 John 1:7I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
• Revelation 2:1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and 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