1Ti 4:1-3 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Tim 4:1-5: 4:1-5 Paul’s sound teaching (3:16 ) contrasts with the false teachings that he denounces. 4:1 The early church regarded itself as already in the last times (see Acts 2:16-17 ; Heb 1:2 ; cp. 2 Thes 2:7 ; 1 Jn 2:18-23 ).

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b3:16►

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dActs 2:16-17►

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f2 Thes 2:7►

g1 Jn 2:18-23►

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iTitus 1:15►

jRom 1:28-32►

‏ 1 Timothy 4:1-3

Summary for 1Tim 4:1-5: 4:1-5 ^a Paul’s sound teaching (3:16 ^b) contrasts with the false teachings that he denounces. 4:1 ^c The early church regarded itself as already in the last times (see Acts 2:16-17 ^d; Heb 1:2 ^e; cp. 2 Thes 2:7 ^f; 1 Jn 2:18-23 ^g).
4:2 ^h Consciences that are dead either don’t function or function wickedly, rendering judgments that oppose the truth of the gospel (see also Titus 1:15 ⁱ; Rom 1:28-32 ^j).