The Aim of the Elder's Charge

Warning Against False Teachers 3 g As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not h to teach any different doctrine, 4 nor i to devote themselves to myths and endless j genealogies, which promote k speculations rather than the stewardship 1 from God that is by faith. 5 The aim of our charge is love l that issues from a pure heart and m a good conscience and n a sincere faith. 6 Certain persons, by o swerving from these, have wandered away into p vain discussion, 7 desiring to be teachers of the law, q without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions. 8 Now we know that r the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, 9 understanding this, that the s law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, 10 the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, 1 liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to t sound 2 doctrine, 11 in accordance with u the gospel of the glory of v the blessed God w with which I have been entrusted.

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3 Καθὼς παρεκάλεσά σε προσμεῖναι ἐν Ἐφέσῳ πορευόμενος εἰς Μακεδονίαν, ἵνα παραγγείλῃς τισὶν μὴ ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖν 4 μηδὲ προσέχειν μύθοις καὶ γενεαλογίαις ἀπεράντοις, αἵτινες ἐκζητήσεις παρέχουσιν μᾶλλον ἢ οἰκονομίαν θεοῦ τὴν ἐν πίστει. 5 τὸ δὲ τέλος τῆς παραγγελίας ἐστὶν ἀγάπη ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας καὶ συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς καὶ πίστεως ἀνυποκρίτου, 6 ὧν τινες ἀστοχήσαντες ἐξετράπησαν εἰς ματαιολογίαν 7 θέλοντες εἶναι νομοδιδάσκαλοι, μὴ νοοῦντες μήτε ἃ λέγουσιν μήτε περὶ τίνων διαβεβαιοῦνται. 8 Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι καλὸς ὁ νόμος, ἐάν τις αὐτῷ νομίμως χρῆται, 9 εἰδὼς τοῦτο, ὅτι δικαίῳ νόμος οὐ κεῖται, ἀνόμοις δὲ καὶ ἀνυποτάκτοις, ἀσεβέσιν καὶ ἁμαρτωλοῖς, ἀνοσίοις καὶ βεβήλοις, πατρολῴαις καὶ μητρολῴαις, ἀνδροφόνοις 10 πόρνοις ἀρσενοκοίταις ἀνδραποδισταῖς ψεύσταις ἐπιόρκοις, καὶ εἴ τι ἕτερον τῇ ὑγιαινούσῃ διδασκαλίᾳ ἀντίκειται 11 κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς δόξης τοῦ μακαρίου θεοῦ, ὃ ἐπιστεύθην ἐγώ.

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Καθὼς παρεκάλεσά σε προσμεῖναι ἐν Ἐφέσῳ πορευόμενος εἰς Μακεδονίαν,

g [EDIT] As I urged you to remain in Ephesus when I was going to Macedonia,

ἵνα παραγγείλῃς τισὶν μὴ ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖν

[EDIT] remain there now so that you may charge certain persons not h to teach any different doctrine,

μηδὲ προσέχειν μύθοις

nor i to devote themselves to myths

καὶ γενεαλογίαις ἀπεράντοις,

and endless j genealogies,

αἵτινες ἐκζητήσεις παρέχουσιν

which promote k speculations

μᾶλλον ἢ οἰκονομίαν θεοῦ τὴν ἐν πίστει.

rather than the stewardship 1 from God that is by faith.

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τὸ δὲ τέλος τῆς παραγγελίας ἐστὶν ἀγάπη

The aim of our charge is love

ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας

l that issues from a pure heart

καὶ συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς

and m a good conscience

καὶ πίστεως ἀνυποκρίτου,

and n a sincere faith.

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ὧν τινες ἀστοχήσαντες

Certain persons, by o swerving from these,

ἐξετράπησαν εἰς ματαιολογίαν

have wandered away into p vain discussion,

θέλοντες εἶναι νομοδιδάσκαλοι,

desiring to be teachers of the law,

μὴ νοοῦντες μήτε ἃ λέγουσιν μήτε περὶ τίνων διαβεβαιοῦνται.

q without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.

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Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι καλὸς ὁ νόμος,

Now we know that r the law is good,

ἐάν τις αὐτῷ νομίμως χρῆται,

if one uses it lawfully,

εἰδὼς τοῦτο,

understanding this,

ὅτι δικαίῳ νόμος οὐ κεῖται,

that the s law is not laid down for the just

ἀνόμοις δὲ καὶ ἀνυποτάκτοις,

but for the lawless and disobedient,

ἀσεβέσιν καὶ ἁμαρτωλοῖς,

for the ungodly and sinners,

ἀνοσίοις καὶ βεβήλοις,

for the unholy and profane,

πατρολῴαις καὶ μητρολῴαις,

for those who strike their fathers and mothers,

ἀνδροφόνοις

for murderers,

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the sexually immoral,

ἀρσενοκοίταις

men who practice homosexuality,

ἀνδραποδισταῖς

enslavers, 1

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liars,

ἐπιόρκοις,

perjurers,

καὶ εἴ τι ἕτερον τῇ ὑγιαινούσῃ διδασκαλίᾳ ἀντίκειται

and whatever else is contrary to t sound 2 doctrine,

κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς δόξης τοῦ μακαρίου θεοῦ, ὃ ἐπιστεύθην ἐγώ.

in accordance with u the gospel of the glory of v the blessed God w with which I have been entrusted.

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Commentary

Paul begins his letter to Timothy reminding him of a charge that Paul had given him before. Timothy’s task had not changed: he was to remain in Ephesus in order to protect the church there from false doctrine and dangerous teachers. When we speak about the word of God without aiming to steward it, or rightly understand and apply it, we wander into pointless discussions for the sake of our own desires. Because we care too much about our own speculations and insights, we cease to truly care for the church and our handling of the word becomes damaging and dangerous. One way to aim for love “that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith” (1:5) is to use the law correctly. To do this, we must understand that the law was given because of sin (1:9c-10f; Gal. 3:19). Therefore, it ought to be used for the purposes of convicting us of sin and pointing us to Christ, the one who came to set us free from the law and justify us by faith (1:11; Gal. 3:23-26). We are no longer under the law, and so we need to be careful in applying it. We cannot put ourselves back under the law, or even pick and choose what parts of the Old Covenant are still applicable. Our sin and God’s condemnation of it in the law point us to Christ, the one who fulfilled the law (Matt. 5:17) and rescued us, now made just (1:9b), to himself.

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