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Timothy’s Task in Ephesus

As I urged you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus to instruct[a] certain people not to spread false teachings,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 1:3 tn This word implies authoritative instruction: “direct, command, give orders” (cf. 1 Tim 4:11; 5:7; 6:13, 17). See BDAG 760 s.v. παραγγέλλω.
  2. 1 Timothy 1:3 tn Grk “to teach other doctrines,” different from apostolic teaching (cf. 1 Tim 6:3).