Vs. 3 (1 Timothy 1:3)
*"Teach a different doctrine" (ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖν).
This is one of the many words peculiar to the pastoral Epistles. It only occurs here and 1 Timothy 6:3.
It is formed from ἑτεροδιδάσκαλος, a teacher of other than right doctrine, and means "to play the part of a teacher of other than right doctrine," just as in ecclesiastical language ἐτερόδοξος means "one who holds opinions contrary to that which is orthodox," and such as do so are said ἑτεροδοξεῖν.
The classical sense is a little different, "one who holds a different opinion" - "to be of a different opinion."
The introduction of the word into the vocabulary of Scripture is a sign of the somewhat later age to which this Epistle belongs, when heresies were growing and multiplying.
Other similar compounds are ἑτερόγλωσσος (1 Corinthians 14:21) and ἑτεροζυγεῖν (2 Corinthians 6:14).
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Romans 1:25 KJV
"Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."
* Men know God from creation and conscious (vs. 1:19-20) but refuse to honor him as God. They live for the creature, not the Creator and make themselves into Gods (vs. 25; Genesis 3:4-5 KJV)
"And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as *gods, knowing good and evil." (Gen. 3:4-5)
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