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 emissary of Messiah Yeshua by the command of God our Savior and Messiah Yeshua, our hope. 2To Timothy, a true child in faith: Grace, mercy, shalom from God the Father and Messiah Yeshua, our Lord! As I urged you, when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay in Ephesus to direct certain people not to pass on different instruction, 4or to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. These give rise to useless speculations rather than God’s training which is in faithfulness. 5Now the goal of this command is love from of a pure heart and a clear conscience and a genuine 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 traveled through the upper region and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples
• Acts 20:1After the uproar ended, Paul sent for the disciples; and when he had encouraged them and said farewell, he departed to go to Macedonia.
• Philippians 2:24And I trust in the Lord that soon I too will come myself.
• 1 Timothy 4:6In pointing out these things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Messiah Yeshua, nourished in the words of the faith and the sound teaching that you have been following.
• 1 Timothy 5:7Insist on these things, so that they might be beyond criticism.
• 1 Timothy 6:3If anyone passes on a different teaching and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, and with the instruction in keeping with godliness,
• Galatians 1:6I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from the One who called you by the grace of Messiah, to a different “good news”—
• Ephesians 4:14As a result, we are no longer to be like children, tossed around by the waves and blown all over by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of men with cunning in deceitful scheming.
• Colossians 2:6Therefore as you received Messiah Yeshua as Lord, so continue to walk in Him—
• 2 John 1:7For many deceivers have gone out into the world—those who do not acknowledge Yeshua as Messiah coming in human flesh. This one is a deceiver and the anti-messiah.
• Revelation 2:1To the angel of Messiah’s community in Ephesus write: “Thus says the One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks in the midst of the seven golden menorot:

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