Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Timothy 1:3 - 1:3

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Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Timothy 1:3 - 1:3


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As I exhorted (kathōs parekalesa). There is an ellipse of the principal clause in 1Ti 1:4 (so do I now not being in the Greek).

To tarry (prosmeinai). First aorist active infinitive of prosmenō, old verb, attributed by Luke to Paul in Act 13:43.

That thou mightest charge (hina paraggeilēis). Subfinal clause with hina and the first aorist active subjunctive of paraggellō, old verb, to transmit a message along (para) from one to another. See 2Th 3:4, 2Th 3:6, 2Th 3:10. Lock considers this idiom here an elliptical imperative like Eph 4:29; Eph 5:33.

Certain men (tisin). Dative case. Expressly vague (no names as in 1Ti 1:20), though Paul doubtless has certain persons in Ephesus in mind.

Not to teach a different doctrine (mē heterodidaskalein). Earliest known use of this compound like kakodidaskalein of Clement of Rome. Only other N.T. example in 1Ti 6:3. Eusebius has heterodidaskalos. Same idea in Gal 1:6; 2Co 11:4; Rom 16:17. Perhaps coined by Paul.