1 Timothy 1:19
New International Version
holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.

New Living Translation
Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked.

English Standard Version
holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith,

Berean Standard Bible
holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.

Berean Literal Bible
holding faith and a good conscience, which some, having cast away, have caused a shipwreck concerning the faith,

King James Bible
Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

New King James Version
having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck,

New American Standard Bible
keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith.

NASB 1995
keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith.

NASB 1977
keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith.

Legacy Standard Bible
keeping faith and a good conscience, which some, having rejected, suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith.

Amplified Bible
keeping your faith [leaning completely on God with absolute trust and confidence in His guidance] and having a good conscience; for some [people] have rejected [their moral compass] and have made a shipwreck of their faith.

Christian Standard Bible
having faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and have shipwrecked the faith.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
having faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and have suffered the shipwreck of their faith.

American Standard Version
holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In faith and in good conscience, for those who have rejected this from themselves have been emptied of faith,

Contemporary English Version
You will be faithful and have a clear conscience. Some people have made a mess of their faith because they didn't listen to their consciences.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Having faith and a good conscience, which some rejecting have made shipwreck concerning the faith.

English Revised Version
holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Some have refused to let their faith guide their conscience and their faith has been destroyed like a wrecked ship.

Good News Translation
and keep your faith and a clear conscience. Some people have not listened to their conscience and have made a ruin of their faith.

International Standard Version
with faith and a good conscience. By ignoring their consciences, some people have destroyed their faith like a wrecked ship.

Literal Standard Version
having faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away, made shipwreck concerning the faith,

Majority Standard Bible
holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.

New American Bible
by having faith and a good conscience. Some, by rejecting conscience, have made a shipwreck of their faith,

NET Bible
To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.

New Revised Standard Version
having faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have suffered shipwreck in the faith;

New Heart English Bible
holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith;

Webster's Bible Translation
Holding faith and a good conscience; which some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck:

Weymouth New Testament
holding fast to faith and a clear conscience, which some have cast aside and have made shipwreck of their faith.

World English Bible
holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith,

Young's Literal Translation
having faith and a good conscience, which certain having thrust away, concerning the faith did make shipwreck,

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Context
God's Grace to Paul
18Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight, 19holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith. 20Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.…

Cross References
1 Timothy 1:5
The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

1 Timothy 3:9
They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

1 Timothy 6:21
which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.

2 Timothy 2:18
who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.

Titus 1:9
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.


Treasury of Scripture

Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

Holding.

1 Timothy 1:5
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

1 Timothy 3:9
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

Titus 1:9
Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

which.

Philippians 3:18,19
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: …

2 Timothy 3:1-6
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come…

2 Peter 2:1-3,12-22
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction…

concerning.

1 Timothy 4:1,2
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; …

1 Corinthians 11:19
For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

Galatians 1:6-8
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: …

made.

1 Timothy 6:9
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Matthew 6:27
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

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1 Timothy 1
1. Paul declares Timothy is faithful to the charge which was given him at his going to Macedonia.
5. The right use and end of the law.
11. Paul's calling to be an apostle;
20. and the disobedience or Hymenaeus and Alexander.














(19) Holding faith, and a good conscience.--Again, as in 1Timothy 1:5, the Apostle joins "faith" and "the conscience undefiled." In the mind of St. Paul, "want of faith" was no mere refusal to accept a definite religions dogma, but was ever closely connected with impurity and the love of sin. If a man dares to do wilful violence to his better nature he must not presume to dream of faith saving him. The thought expressed by another inspired teacher seems to run constantly in the mind of St. Paul: "The devils also believe and tremble."

Which some.--"Some." A quiet reference here is made to those false teachers who seem to have been doing such evil work at Ephesus among the Christian believers, and against whom Timothy is so urgently warned to be on his guard in the 6th and following verses of the chapter.

Having put away.--The simile in St. Paul's mind is a nautical one. The "good conscience" represents the ballast, or cargo, of the ship. When this is put away--tossed overboard--the vessel becomes unmanageable and is tossed about, the plaything of the waves, and in the end is wrecked.

Verse 19. - Thrust from them for put away, A.V.; made shipwreck concerning the faith for concerning faith have made shipwreck, A.V. Thrust from them. The addition "from them" is meant to give the force of the middle voice as in Acts 7:39, A.V. The verb ἀπώθομαι occurs Acts 7:27, 39; Romans 11:1, 2. It is a strong expression, implying here the willful resistance to the voice of conscience. The form ἀπωθέω, -έομαι is found, Acts 13:46, and frequently in the LXX. Which (ἥν) applies to the good conscience only. Hence the important lesson that deviations from the true faith are preceded by violations of the conscience. The surest way to maintain a pure faith is to maintain a good and tender conscience (camp. 1 Timothy 2:9; John 7:17). The faith. It is by no means certain that ἡ πίστις here means "the faith" rather than "faith" (subjectire). Both the grammar and the sense equally admit the rendering "faith," referring to the preceding, tiaras. (For the phrase, περὶ τὴν πίστιν, "with respect to," camp. 1 Timothy 6:4; 2 Timothy 2:18; Titus 2:7.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
holding on
ἔχων (echōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

to faith
πίστιν (pistin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

a good
ἀγαθὴν (agathēn)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 18: A primary word; 'good'.

conscience,
συνείδησιν (syneidēsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4893: The conscience, a persisting notion. From a prolonged form of suneido; co-perception, i.e. Moral consciousness.

which
ἥν (hēn)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

some
τινες (tines)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

have rejected
ἀπωσάμενοι (apōsamenoi)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 683: Or apothomai ap-o'-thom-ahee from apo and the middle voice of otheo or otho; to push off, figuratively, to reject.

[and thereby] shipwrecked
ἐναυάγησαν (enauagēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3489: From a compound of naus and ago; to be shipwrecked, literally or figuratively.

[their]
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

faith.
πίστιν (pistin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.


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