1 Timothy 6
NETnotes1 Timothy 6:3
1 map For location see JP1-C2; JP2-C2; JP3-C2; JP4-C2.
1 Timothy 6:4
2 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
3 tc A variety of readings occurs in this verse. Instead of “and fellow worker for God” (καὶσυνεργὸντοῦθεοῦ, kai sunergon tou qeou), B has “and fellow worker” (καὶσυνεργόν); א A P Ψ 0278 6 81 629* 1241 1739 1881 2464 lat co read “and servant of God” (καὶδιάκονοντοῦθεοῦ, kai diakonon tou qeou); D2 Ï and a few versional witnesses read “and a servant of God and our fellow worker” (καὶδιάκονοντοῦθεοῦκαὶσυνεργὸνἡμῶν); and F G have “servant and fellow worker for God” (διάκονονκαὶσυνεργὸντοῦθεοῦ). The reading of the text (καὶσυνεργὸντοῦθεοῦ) is found in D* 33 b (d m o) Ambst (Pel). It may be argued that all readings that do not collocate συνεργόν with θεοῦ are secondary, as this is certainly the harder reading. Indeed, in only one other place in the NT are human beings said to be συνεργοὶθεοῦ (sunergoi qeou; 1 Corinthians 3:9), and the simplest (though by no means the only) interpretation is that the genitive should be taken associatively (“a fellow worker in association with God”). It is difficult to account for συνεργὸντοῦθεοῦ here unless it is authentic because of the theological difficulty that would be easily seen in this wording.
A genealogy of the readings suggests that various scribes may have deleted τοῦθεοῦ or swapped διάκονον for συνεργόν to remove the offense. The readings of the Byzantine text and two Western mss (F G) appear to be conflations of earlier readings, but the reading of F G nevertheless indirectly supports καὶσυνεργὸντοῦθεοῦ since it does not remove the offense. Although the witnesses for καὶσυνεργὸντοῦθεοῦ are minimal, the internal evidence is quite strong in favor of this reading. With hesitation, it is adopted as authentic.
tn Although 1 Thessalonians 3:2 is frequently understood to mean that Timothy is “God’s fellow worker,” such a view assumes that the genitive θεοῦ (qeou) is associative for it is related to συνεργόν (sunergon). However, a genitive of association is not required by the syntax (cf. ExSyn 130).
1 Timothy 6:6
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1 Timothy 6:7
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1 Timothy 6:8
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1 Timothy 6:17
1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.
2 sn As you received instruction from us about how (Grk “as you received from us how”). The Greek word translated received is used for accepting instructions passed on as fixed traditions from teacher to follower. Paul speaks in these terms about doctrinal traditions as well as ethical instruction that he passes on to his converts and expects them to keep (cf. 1 Corinthians 11:2, 23; 15:1-3; Galatians 1:9; Philippians 4:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 3:6).
3 tc This parenthetical clause is absent in several later witnesses (D2 Ψ Ï), but it may have been expunged for sounding redundant. The longer text, in this instance, is solidly supported by א A B D* F G 0183vid 0278 33 81 104 326 365 629 al co and should be unquestionably preferred.
1 Timothy 6:19
4 tn Or “your sanctification.”
1 Timothy 6:20
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