1 Timotheosbrevet 1
Svenska Folkbibeln
Hälsning
1 Från Paulus, Kristi Jesu apostel på uppdrag av Gud, vår Frälsare, och Kristus Jesus, vårt hopp, 2 till Timoteus, hans äkta barn i tron. Nåd, barmhärtighet och frid från Gud, vår Fader, och Kristus Jesus, vår Herre.
Varning för judaiserande villolärare
3 Nu, liksom när jag var på väg till Makedonien, uppmanar jag dig att stanna kvar i Efesus och förmana somliga där att inte förkunna falska läror 4 och befatta sig med myter[a] och ändlösa släktregister. Sådant leder till strider och tjänar inte en gudomlig undervisning i tron. 5 Vad all förmaning syftar till är kärlek av ett rent hjärta, av ett gott samvete och av en uppriktig tro. 6 Detta mål har somliga förlorat ur sikte och så förfallit till tomt prat. 7 De vill vara lärare i lagen men förstår varken vad de säger eller vad de så säkert uttalar sig om. 8 Men vi vet att lagen är god, om man brukar den rätt 9 och inser att den inte är till för rättfärdiga utan för laglösa och upproriska, gudlösa och syndare, oheliga och oandliga, för dem som misshandlar sin far och mor, för dråpare, 10 för dem som utövar otukt och homosexualitet, för slavhandlare, lögnare, menedare och för alla som står emot den sunda läran - 11 detta enligt det evangelium om den välsignade Gudens härlighet, som har anförtrotts åt mig.
Aposteln som det främsta exemplet på frälsning av nåd
12 Jag tackar honom som har gett mig kraft, Kristus Jesus vår Herre, för att han ansåg mig värd förtroende och tog mig i sin tjänst, 13 fastän jag förut var en hädare, förföljare och våldsman. Men han förbarmade sig över mig, därför att jag i min otro inte visste vad jag gjorde. 14 Vår Herres nåd överflödade och med den tron och kärleken i Kristus Jesus. 15 Det är ett ord att lita på och värt att på allt sätt tas emot, att Kristus Jesus har kommit till världen för att frälsa syndare - och bland dem är jag den störste. 16 Men jag mötte barmhärtighet, för att Kristus Jesus skulle visa hela sitt tålamod främst mot mig och låta mig bli en förebild för dem som skulle komma till tro på honom och vinna evigt liv. 17 Evigheternas konung, den oförgänglige, osynlige, ende Guden, honom vare ära och pris i evigheters evighet, amen.
18 Detta uppdrag att förmana anförtror jag åt dig, mitt barn Timoteus, i enlighet med de profetord som en gång uttalades över dig, för att du i kraft av dem skall kämpa den goda kampen, 19 i tro och med ett rent samvete. Detta har somliga stött ifrån sig och lidit skeppsbrott i tron. 20 Bland dem är Hymeneus och Alexander, som jag har överlämnat åt Satan för att de skall tuktas så att de inte hädar.
Footnotes
- 1 Timotheosbrevet 1:4 myter Det grekiska ordet "mythos", som egentligen betyder gudasaga, har här en mer allmän innebörd av dikt och struntprat (4:7).
1 Timothy 1
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 1
Salutation[a]
Address. 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior[b] and Christ Jesus our hope, 2 to Timothy, my loyal child in the faith: grace, mercy, and peace to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Timothy, Champion of the Truth[c]
On Holding Fast to Sound Doctrine. When I was setting out for Macedonia,[d] I urged you to stay on in Ephesus to instruct certain people that they are not to teach erroneous doctrines 4 and not to concern themselves with myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies and do not produce godly edification in faith.5 The aim of this instruction is love that derives from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. 6 Some people have departed from these and turned to empty speculation, 7 desiring to be teachers of the Law; but they understand neither the words they are using nor the matters about which they make such confident assertions.
Purpose of the Law. 8 We are well aware that the Law is good, provided that one uses it properly, 9 recognizing that laws are not designed for the upright. They are for the lawless and insubordinate, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and irreligious; they are for those who slay their fathers and mothers, for murderers, 10 for those who are fornicators, sodomites,[e] slave traders, liars, perjurers, and for whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching 11 that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which has been entrusted to me.
12 Called To Preach the Gospel. I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord who has given me strength, because he judged me trustworthy and appointed me to his service, 13 even though in the past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man. However, I have been treated with mercy because I had acted out of ignorance and unbelief. 14 As a result, the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and the love that are in Christ Jesus.
15 This saying can be trusted and merits complete acceptance:[f] Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I myself am the greatest of these. 16 But for that very reason I was treated mercifully, so that in me Jesus Christ might exhibit his inexhaustible patience, making me an example for those who would come to believe in him for eternal life. 17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God,[g] be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
18 Never Falsify the Gospel. To you, Timothy, my child, I am giving these instructions in accordance with those prophecies once made about you,[h] so that by following them you may fight the good fight 19 with faith and a good conscience. Some people have spurned their conscience and destroyed their faith. 20 Among them are Hymenaeus[i] and Alexander whom I have handed over to Satan so that they may learn not to blaspheme.
Footnotes
- 1 Timothy 1:1 The majority of Paul’s Letters were sent to Churches, but four were addressed to individuals: Timothy (two Letters), Titus, and Philemon. Titus and Timothy were not apostles but evangelists (see 2 Tim 4:5). Timothy (whose father was Greek and his mother a Jewish Christian) had been converted by Paul’s preaching (see Acts 16:1-3) and so was Paul’s “loyal child in the faith.”
- 1 Timothy 1:1 Savior: this title, given to both the Father and Jesus, is characteristic of the later Letters of Paul, perhaps in reaction to the pagan environment in which the gods were “saviors” and the emperor was worshiped as a god. Jesus our hope is one of Paul’s finest descriptions.
- 1 Timothy 1:3 In writing to the Colossians, Paul had already denounced the infatuation with hazardous theories that characterized some Christians of Jewish origins in the region of Ephesus. Once again, fanciful theologies, hollow ideas, and obscure mythologies are being given free rein in Ephesus. Some converts from Judaism—who are familiar with the new Greek mythological currents as well as the play of Biblical genealogies—give themselves up to speculations without end or purpose, and they abandon the essence of faith and love.
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They claim to be teachers of the Law, but they preach nonsense. Hence, they must be reminded that the Law is primarily a discipline of life rather than an object of speculation (see Rom 7:12-16; Gal 3:19); above all, the importance of a sane doctrine that fixes one’s thoughts and guides one’s life must be inculcated in them. In the midst of an anarchic agitation, Christians must always come back to the profound meaning of the Gospel, exemplified by Paul’s life and vocation. - 1 Timothy 1:3 When I was setting out for Macedonia: an event not mentioned in Acts; hence, it probably occurred after Acts 28 between Paul’s first and second Roman imprisonment. He had founded the Church at Ephesus on the Third Missionary Journey some eight years earlier (see Acts 19:1—20:1).
- 1 Timothy 1:10 Sodomites: adult males who have relations with boy prostitutes. The latter are also known as catamites after the Latin name (Catamitus) of Ganymede, the cupbearer of the gods in Greek mythology. See also Rom 1:26f and 1 Cor 6:9. Slave traders: literally, “dealers in men,” who included slaves but also men destined to be thrown into the arena or to serve unmentionable vices.
- 1 Timothy 1:15 This saying can be trusted and merits complete acceptance: a formula that corresponds to the Aramaic expression in the Gospels: “Amen, I say to you.” It is found only in the Pastoral Letters—here and in four other places: 1 Tim 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11; Tit 3:8. (In the first, third, and fourth of these it is abbreviated.)
- 1 Timothy 1:17 Immortal, invisible, the only God: here again Paul gives the true God titles used in pagan worship; see vv. 1 and 11.
- 1 Timothy 1:18 Prophecies . . . about you: Timothy received his investiture as an apostle in the presence of prophets, that is, charismatic individuals who had the gift of guiding the faithful along their way to God or of calling men to the missionary apostolate (see 1 Cor 12:28-29; Acts 13:1-3; Eph 3:5).
Fight the good fight: the Christian life is one long struggle against (1) Satan (see 2 Cor 2:11; Eph 6:11-12); (2) the flesh (see Rom 7:23; Gal 5:17; 1 Pet 2:11); (3) the world (see Jn 16:33; 1 Jn 5:4f); and (4) death (see 1 Cor 15:26; Heb 2:14f). Christians are called upon to be filled with faith and to use the armaments of faith (see Eph 6:14-18), and to be vigilant (see 1 Pet 5:8). Through Christ, they will attain the final victory with its eternal rewards (see Rom 16:20; 2 Tim 4:8; Rev 2:17; 3:5; 21:7). - 1 Timothy 1:20 Hymenaeus: see 2 Tim 2:17f. Alexander: possibly the same person as in 2 Tim 4:14. Handed over to Satan: these individuals were probably excluded from the community and abandoned “to Satan.” This excommunication was inflicted for the purpose of correcting them and making them come to their senses as they rediscovered their desire for salvation and the Gospel (see 1 Cor 5:5).
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