1 Timothy 1:3

Timothy’s Task in Ephesus

1:3 As I urged you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus3 to instruct4 certain people not to spread false teachings,5

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3	map For location see JP1-D2; JP2-D2; JP3-D2; JP4-D2.
4	tn This word implies authoritative instruction: “direct, command, give orders” (cf. 1 Tim 4:11; 5:7; 6:13, 17). See BDAG 760 s.v. παραγγέλλω.
5	tn Grk “to teach other doctrines,” different from apostolic teaching (cf. 1 Tim 6:3).