1 Timotius 4:7
Konteks4:7 But reject those myths 1 fit only for the godless and gullible, 2 and train yourself for godliness.
1 Timotius 1:4
Konteks1:4 nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. 3 Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan 4 that operates by faith.
1 Timotius 1:18
Konteks1:18 I put this charge 5 before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, 6 in order that with such encouragement 7 you may fight the good fight.
[4:7] 1 sn Those myths refer to legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 2 Tim 4:4; and Titus 1:14.
[4:7] 2 tn Grk “the godless and old-wifely myths.”
[1:4] 3 sn Myths and interminable genealogies. These myths were legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 4:7; 2 Tim 4:4; and Titus 1:14. They were perhaps built by speculation from the patriarchal narratives in the OT; hence the connection with genealogies and with wanting to be teachers of the law (v. 7).
[1:4] 4 tc A few Western
[1:4] tn More literally, “the administration of God that is by faith.”
[1:4] sn God’s redemptive plan. The basic word (οἰκονομία, oikonomia) denotes the work of a household steward or manager or the arrangement under which he works: “household management.” As a theological term it is used of the order or arrangement by which God brings redemption through Christ (God’s “dispensation, plan of salvation” [Eph 1:10; 3:9]) or of human responsibility to pass on the message of that salvation (“stewardship, commission” [1 Cor 9:17; Eph 3:2; Col 1:25]). Here the former is in view (see the summary of God’s plan in 1 Tim 2:3-6; 2 Tim 1:9-10; Titus 3:4-7), and Paul notes the response people must make to God’s arrangement: It is “in faith” or “by faith.”
[1:18] 5 sn This charge refers to the task Paul described to Timothy in vv. 3-7 above.
[1:18] 6 sn The prophecies once spoken about you were apparently spoken at Timothy’s ordination (cf. 1 Tim 4:14) and perhaps spoke of what God would do through him. Thus they can encourage him in his work, as the next clause says.
[1:18] 7 tn Grk “that by them you might fight…” (a reference to the prophecies which can encourage him in his work).