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παραγγελία

paraggelia

charge, command, instruction

Summary

παραγγελία ("charge, command") frames the entire letter of 1 Timothy as a series of urgent pastoral commands responding to the Ephesian crisis. Timothy's paraggelia (1 Tim 1:5, 18) is to stop false teachers — situational and targeted, not generic church legislation for all time.

Used in Verses

1 Timothy 2:1-7 📖 (Explore →)

The paraggelia framework connects 2:1ff to the charge of 1:3-5 via the inferential oun

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