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1 Timothy 1 — Sermon Preparation
Paul charges Timothy to guard against false teachers and describes the proper use of the law alongside the grace of the gospel for sinners. Below is a research summary for 1 Timothy 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
1 Timothy 1 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| πίστις | pístis | G4102 | 5 | assurance, belief, believe, faith |
| παραγγελία | parangelía | G3852 | 2 | charge, command |
| αἰών | aiṓn | G165 | 3 | age, course, eternal, ever |
| χάρις | cháris | G5485 | 3 | acceptable, benefit, favour, gift |
| Τιμόθεος | Timótheos | G5095 | 2 | Timotheus, Timothy |
| ἐλεέω | eleéō | G1653 | 2 | have compassion, have mercy |
| συνείδησις | syneídēsis | G4893 | 2 | conscience |
How preachers through history handled this text
31 public-domain excerpts on 1 Timothy 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The ministry is a warfare against sin and Satan; carried on under the Lord Jesus, who is the Captain of our salvation. The good hopes others have had of us, should stir us up to duty. And let us be upright in our conduct in all things. The design of the highest censures in the primitive church, was, to prevent further sin, and to reclaim the sinner. May all who are tempted to put away a good conscience, and to abuse the gospel, remember that this is the way to make shipwreck of faith also.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Timothy 1:18–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ephesus— 1 Tim 1:3
- Macedonia— 1 Tim 1:3
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