1 Timothy 6 | |
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Book | First Epistle to Timothy |
Category | Pauline epistles |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 15 |
1 Timothy 6 is the sixth and final chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The author has been traditionally identified as Paul the Apostle since as early as AD 180, [1] [2] although most modern scholars consider the letter pseudepigraphical, [3] perhaps written as late as the first half of the second century AD. [4]
This chapter includes direction regarding the conduct of Christian slaves, renewed commentary on those who teach false doctrine, and the closing comments of the letter. [5]
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 21 verses.
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
In Codex Sinaiticus, the words ὅτι ἀδελφοί εἰσιν (hoti adelphoi eisin, "because they are brethren") are omitted, possible through a scribal oversight. [5]
See: Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament
This part can be seen as an interlude in the exhortation to Timothy (6:11–16; 6:20–21) or alternatively the previous exhortation (6:11–16) can be seen as an 'interruption' in Paul's discourse on wealth (6:3–10; 6:17–19), but in either case, the topic of wealth here seems to be a continuation of the theme of 6:3–10. [19] In this short pericope, the 'sound of riches' is repeated (a literary device called paronomasia, "repetition of the same sound") four times, could be heard by those listening to the reading of the epistle: plousiois ... ploutou ... plousiōs ... ploutein ("the rich ... riches ... richly [generously] ... to be rich"), which are, respectively, a personal noun, an objective noun, an adverb, and a verb. [19]
1 Timothy 6 | |
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Book | First Epistle to Timothy |
Category | Pauline epistles |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 15 |
1 Timothy 6 is the sixth and final chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The author has been traditionally identified as Paul the Apostle since as early as AD 180, [1] [2] although most modern scholars consider the letter pseudepigraphical, [3] perhaps written as late as the first half of the second century AD. [4]
This chapter includes direction regarding the conduct of Christian slaves, renewed commentary on those who teach false doctrine, and the closing comments of the letter. [5]
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 21 verses.
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
In Codex Sinaiticus, the words ὅτι ἀδελφοί εἰσιν (hoti adelphoi eisin, "because they are brethren") are omitted, possible through a scribal oversight. [5]
See: Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament
This part can be seen as an interlude in the exhortation to Timothy (6:11–16; 6:20–21) or alternatively the previous exhortation (6:11–16) can be seen as an 'interruption' in Paul's discourse on wealth (6:3–10; 6:17–19), but in either case, the topic of wealth here seems to be a continuation of the theme of 6:3–10. [19] In this short pericope, the 'sound of riches' is repeated (a literary device called paronomasia, "repetition of the same sound") four times, could be heard by those listening to the reading of the epistle: plousiois ... ploutou ... plousiōs ... ploutein ("the rich ... riches ... richly [generously] ... to be rich"), which are, respectively, a personal noun, an objective noun, an adverb, and a verb. [19]