1 Timothy 5:21
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
ἐκλεκτός
elect
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ἐκλεκτός
Elect, chosen, selected. Eklektos. God will bring about justice for His elect. The chosen of God are those who belong to Him through faith. Chosen not because of merit but because of grace.
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
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κύριος
Lord
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κύριος
Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.
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θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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φυλάσσω
you may keep
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φυλάσσω
To guard, to keep, to watch. Phulasso. Guard the good deposit entrusted to you. The faith once delivered to the saints is a treasure. Guard it. It is worth protecting.
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οὗτος
these things
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οὗτος
This, this one, this person. This is My Son whom I love. With Him I am well pleased. The words spoken over Jesus are spoken over you through your union with Him.
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χωρίς
apart from
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χωρίς
at a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition)
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ποιέω
doing
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ποιέω
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
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διαμαρτύρομαι
I earnestly testify
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διαμαρτύρομαι
to attest or protest earnestly, or (by implication) hortatively
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πρόσκλισις
partiality.
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πρόσκλισις
a leaning towards, i.e. (figuratively) proclivity (favoritism)
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πρόκριμα
prejudice
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πρόκριμα
a prejudgment (prejudice), i.e. prepossession
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μηδείς
nothing
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μηδείς
not even one (man, woman, thing)
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