OET interlinear 1TIM 6:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

διαπαρατριβαὶ

constant_frictions

Here, Paul speaks of frequent quarrels and arguments between people as if they were constant friction. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable metaphor or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “constant grating” or “consistent bickering”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἀνθρώπων

˱of˲_people

Although the term men is masculine, Paul is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: “of men and women”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

διεφθαρμένων & τὸν νοῦν καὶ ἀπεστερημένων τῆς ἀληθείας

/having_been/_ruined & the mind and /having_been/_defrauded ˱of˲_the truth

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was they themselves. Alternate translation: “whose minds are corrupt and who no longer have the truth” or “who have corrupted their minds and who have deprived themselves of the truth”

Note 4 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

τὸν νοῦν

the mind

If it would not be natural in your language to speak as if a group of people had only one mind, you could use the plural form of that word in your translation. Alternate translation: “in their minds”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῆς ἀληθείας

˱of˲_the truth

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of truth, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “of the true teachings”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν εὐσέβειαν

¬the devoutness

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of godliness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “being godly”

Note 7 topic: translate-textvariants

πορισμὸν

/a/_means_of_gain

Many ancient manuscripts end this verse with the phrase a means of gain. The ULT follows that reading. Other ancient manuscripts read include the following sentence after a means of gain: “Withdraw from such.” If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT.