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

1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, who is our hope; 2To Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 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, 4Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do . 5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of 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

• Asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• besoughtπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• theeσέse · youG4571
• stillπροσμένωprosmenō · to remain/persistG4357
• atἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• EphesusἜφεσοςEphesos · EphesusG2181
• wentπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• MacedoniaΜακεδονίαMakedonia · MacedoniaG3109
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• chargeπαραγγέλλωparaggellō · to orderG3853
• someτιςtis · oneG5100
• teachἑτεροδιδασκαλέωheterodidaskaleō · to teach heresyG2085
• noμήmē · notG3361

Cross-references for 1 Timothy 1:3

• Acts 19:1And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper regions came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
• Acts 20:1And after the uproar had ceased, Paul called to him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed to go into Macedonia.
• Philippians 2:24But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
• 1 Timothy 4:6If thou shalt put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished by the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which thou hast attained.
• 1 Timothy 5:7And these things command, that they may be blameless.
• 1 Timothy 6:3If any man teacheth otherwise, and agreeth not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the doctrine which is according to godliness;
• Galatians 1:6I marvel that ye are so soon turning from him that called you into the grace of Christ to another gospel:
• Ephesians 4:14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive;
• Colossians 2:6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
• 2 John 1:7For many deceivers have entered into the world, who confess not Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
• Revelation 2:1To the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of 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