1 Timothy 5

1 Timothy 5:1

14 tn Or “after you received.”

1 Timothy 5:2

15 tc Most mss (א A C D2 F G Ψ 0278 Ï) have the plural τύπους (tupou", “examples”) here, while a few important witnesses have the singular τύπον (tupon, “example”; B D*,c 6 33 81 104 1739 1881 pc lat). With ὑμᾶς (Jumas, “you”) immediately preceding, the plural form looks motivated: Scribes would be expected to change the singular to the plural here. Although the external evidence for the singular reading is not overwhelming, the internal evidence for it is compelling.

1 Timothy 5:3

16 tn Or “the word of the Lord.”

sn “The word of the Lord” is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Genesis 15:1, Isaiah 1:10, Jonah 1:1). In the NT it occurs 15 times: 3 times as ῥῆματοῦκυρίου (rJhma tou kuriou; Luke 22:61, Acts 11:16, 1 Peter 1:25) and 12 times as λόγοςτοῦκυρίου (logo" tou kuriou; here and in Acts 8:25; 13:44, 48, 49; 15:35, 36; 16:32; 19:10, 20; 1 Thessalonians 4:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:1). As in the OT, this phrase focuses on the prophetic nature and divine origin of what has been said. Here the phrase has been translated “the message of the Lord” because of the focus upon the spread of the gospel evident in the passage.

17 tn Grk “your faith in God has gone out.”

1 Timothy 5:4

18 tn Grk “they themselves,” referring to people in the places just mentioned.

19 tn Grk “what sort of entrance we had to you” (an idiom for how someone is received).

1 Timothy 5:5

20 sn The coming wrath. This wrath is an important theme in 1 Thess 5.

1 Timothy 5:7

1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

2 tn Grk “has not become empty.” Paul is defending himself against the charge that he lacked earnestness and personal concern for them, but appeared in their city out of greed or egotism. In his defense he appeals to what they recall of his ministry and what has become of it since he left, all of which demonstrates his God-given earnestness and effectiveness.

1 Timothy 5:8

3 map For location see JP1-C1; JP2-C1; JP3-C1; JP4-C1.

4 tn The genitive in the phrase τὸεὐαγγέλιοντοῦθεοῦ (to euangelion tou qeou, “the gospel of God”) could be translated as either a subjective genitive (“the gospel which God brings”) or an objective genitive (“the gospel about God”). Either is grammatically possible. This is possibly an instance of a plenary genitive (see ExSyn 119-21; M. Zerwick, Biblical Greek, §§36-39). If so, an interplay between the two concepts is intended: The gospel which God brings is in fact the gospel about himself. This same phrase occurs in vv. 8 and 9 as well.

1 Timothy 5:9

5 tn Grk “For our exhortation.” Paul here uses παράκλησις (paraklhsis) to speak in broad terms about his preaching of the gospel, in which he urges or appeals to people to respond to God’s salvation (cf. the verb form παρακαλοῦντος [parakalounto"] in 2 Corinthians 5:20).

6 tn Grk “[is] not” (the verb “to be” is implied in the Greek construction).

1 Timothy 5:11

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