* 1.1 Acts 9.15; Col 1.27

a 1.2 Gk legitimate child

* 1.2 Acts 16.1; 2 Tim 1.2

* 1.3 Acts 20.1; Gal 1.6, 7

b 1.4 Gk the household management of God

* 1.4 1 Tim 6.4; Titus 1.14

* 1.5 2 Tim 2.2

* 1.9 Gal 3.19; 1 Pet 4.18

c 1.10 Meaning of Gk uncertain

* 1.10 2 Tim 4.3; Titus 1.9

* 1.12 2 Cor 12.9; Col 1.25

* 1.13 Acts 8.3

d 1.14 Gk lacks for me

* 1.14 Rom 5.20; 2 Tim 1.13

* 1.15 2 Tim 2.11; Titus 3.8

e 1.17 Or unseen

f 1.17 Gk to the ages of the ages

* 1.17 Rom 11.36; Col 1.15

* 1.18 1 Tim 4.14; 2 Tim 2.2, 3

* 1.19 1 Tim 6.12, 21

* 1.20 2 Tim 2.17; 4.14

* 2.2 Ezra 6.10; Rom 13.1

* 2.3 Rom 12.2; 1 Tim 4.10

* 2.4 Jn 3.16; 2 Tim 2.25

* 2.5 Gal 3.20; Heb 9.15

* 2.6 Mk 10.45; 1 Cor 1.6; Gal 4.4

g 2.7 Other ancient authorities add in Christ

* 2.7 Gal 1.16; Eph 3.7, 8

h 2.11 Or wife

i 2.12 Or wife

j 2.12 Or her husband

* 2.13 Gen 1.27; 1 Cor 11.8

* 2.14 Gen 3.6; 2 Cor 11.3

k 3.1 Some interpreters place these words at the end of the previous paragraph. Other ancient authorities read The saying is commonly accepted

l 3.1 Or overseer

* 3.1 Acts 20.28; 1 Tim 1.15

m 3.2 Or an overseer

n 3.2 Gk the husband of one wife

* 3.2 2 Tim 2.24; Titus 1.6–8

* 3.3 2 Tim 2.24; 1 Pet 5.2

o 3.6 Gk neophyte

* 3.7 1 Cor 5.12; 2 Tim 2.26

* 3.8 Acts 6.3; Titus 2.3

p 3.11 Or Women deacons or Wives

q 3.12 Gk be husbands of one wife

* 3.15 v 5; Gal 2.9; Eph 2.21; 1 Tim 4.10

r 3.16 Gk Who; other ancient authorities read God or Which

s 3.16 Or justified

t 3.16 Or by the Spirit

* 3.16 Jn 1.14; Acts 1.9; 1 Pet 3.18

u 4.1 Or the last

v 4.1 Or move away from

* 4.1 Jn 16.13; 2 Thess 2.3; 2 Tim 3.1, 13; Rev 19.20

* 4.3 Gen 1.29; Rom 14.6; 1 Cor 7.28; Heb 13.4

* 4.4 Rom 14.14

w 4.6 Or deacon

* 4.6 2 Cor 11.23; 1 Tim 1.10; 2 Tim 3.10

* 4.7 2 Tim 2.16; Heb 5.14

* 4.8 Ps 37.4; Rom 8.28; 1 Tim 6.6

x 4.10 Other ancient authorities read struggle

* 4.10 1 Cor 4.11; 1 Tim 2.4

* 4.11 1 Tim 5.7; 6.2

* 4.12 1 Tim 1.14; Titus 2.7; 1 Pet 5.3

y 4.13 Gk to the reading

* 4.14 Acts 6.6; 1 Tim 1.18; 5.22; 2 Tim 1.6

* 4.16 Ezek 33.9; Acts 20.28

z 5.1 Or an elder or a presbyter

* 5.1 Lev 19.32

* 5.4 Eph 6.1, 2

* 5.5 vv 3, 16; Lk 2.37; 1 Cor 7.32

a 5.6 Gk she

* 5.6 Jas 5.5

* 5.7 1 Tim 4.11

* 5.8 Gal 6.10; Titus 1.16

b 5.9 Gk the wife of one husband

* 5.10 v 16; Lk 7.44; Acts 16.15; Heb 13.2

* 5.13 2 Thess 3.11; Titus 1.11

* 5.14 1 Cor 7.9; Titus 2.5

c 5.16 Other ancient authorities read believing man or woman or believing man

d 5.17 Or compensation

* 5.17 Acts 28.10; Rom 12.8; Phil 2.29

* 5.18 Lev 19.13; Deut 24.14, 15; Mt 10.10; 1 Cor 9.9

* 5.20 Deut 13.11; Titus 1.13

* 5.21 1 Tim 6.13; 2 Tim 2.14

e 5.22 Gk Do not lay hands on

* 5.22 Acts 6.6; Eph 5.11; 2 Tim 3.6

* 6.1 Titus 2.5, 8, 9; 1 Pet 2.18

f 6.2 Or since they are believers and beloved, who devote themselves to good deeds

* 6.2 Gal 3.28; 1 Tim 4.11; Philem 16

* 6.3 2 Tim 1.13; Titus 1.1

* 6.4 1 Cor 8.2; 2 Tim 2.14

g 6.5 Other ancient authorities add Withdraw yourself from such people

* 6.5 1 Cor 11.16; Titus 1.11; 2 Pet 2.3

* 6.6 Phil 4.11; Heb 13.5

h 6.7 Other ancient authorities read world; it is certain that

* 6.9 1 Tim 1.19; 3.7

i 6.12 Gk confessed

* 6.12 1 Cor 9.25, 26; 1 Tim 1.18; Heb 13.23

* 6.13 Jn 18.37; 1 Tim 5.21

* 6.14 Phil 1.6; 2 Thess 2.8

* 6.15 1 Tim 1.11, 17; Rev 17.14; 19.16

* 6.16 Jn 1.18; Eph 3.21; 1 Tim 1.17

* 6.17 Lk 12.20, 21; Acts 14.17; 1 Tim 4.10

* 6.18 Rom 12.8, 13; 1 Tim 5.10

* 6.20 2 Tim 1.14; 2.16

j 6.21 The Greek word for you here is plural; in other ancient authorities it is singular. Other ancient authorities add Amen