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AsΚαθὼςI urgedπαρεκάλεσάyou,σεwhen I was goingπορευόμενοςtoεἰςMacedonia,Μακεδονίανto remainπροσμεῖναιinἐνEphesusἘφέσῳso thatἵναyou may instructπαραγγείλῃςcertain peopleτισὶνnotμὴto teach other doctrinesἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖν
1 Timothy 1:3
Study it in the app“As I urged you, when I was going to Macedonia, to remain in Ephesus so that you may instruct certain people not to teach other doctrines”
With the Greek beneath
1 Timothy 1:3, word by word
- I urgedπαρεκάλεσάparekalesa
urge
To spur someone on with words to do good.
Where else “parekalesa” appears- when I was goingπορευόμενοςporeuomenos
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreuomenos” appears- MacedoniaΜακεδονίανMakedonian
Macedonia
See it on the mapWhere else “Makedonian” appears- to remainπροσμεῖναιprosmeinai
remain, stay with
Stay with someone, remain; keep on.
Where else “prosmeinai” appears- EphesusἘφέσῳEphesōi
Ephesus
See it on the mapWhere else “Ephesōi” appears- you may instructπαραγγείλῃςparangeilēis
command, instruct
Give orders, instruct.
Where else “parangeilēis” appears- to teach other doctrinesἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖνheterodidaskalein
teach other doctrine
Teach a different doctrine from the true one.
Where else “heterodidaskalein” appears
Places in this verse
1Ephesus
Today: Ephesus ruins, near Selçuk, Turkey
A great port city on the west coast of present-day Turkey.
Paul lived there about three years, teaching (Acts 19:1, 10; 20:31). The letter to the Ephesians and the first message in Revelation are addressed to its assembly (Eph 1:1; Rev 2:1).
2Macedonia
Today: northern Greece, plus North Macedonia and Bulgaria
A region of northern Greece, by the north of the Aegean Sea.
Paul saw in a vision a man begging, "Come over to Macedonia and help us" (Acts 16:9). There he started the assemblies in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea (Acts 16–17).
The context
2to Timothy, my genuine child in faith: grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and the Messiah Jesus our Lord.
3 · This verse (above)
4nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which provide speculations rather than God’s administration that is in faith, so do now.