1 Timothy 6
21 verses
Paul's concluding chapter pivots from institutional order to spiritual principles, opening with the command that slaves regard their masters as worthy of all honor so that God's name and teaching are not reviled—a countercultural affirmation of slave dignity within the household structure. The warning against false teachers who imagine that godliness is a means of gain, contrasting with the teaching that godliness with contentment (autarkeia) is great gain, reframes Christian virtue away from material accumulation toward spiritual sufficiency. The root of all evils is not money itself but the love of money (philarguria), attacking the desire rather than possession, making cupidity the sin while acknowledging material resources as acceptable when held lightly. The instruction to command the rich not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but on God who richly provides everything for our enjoyment redirects wealth toward stewardship and generosity, making money a means for doing good and laying up treasure in the eschaton. The final charge to guard the deposit (parathēkē)—the gospel entrusted to Timothy—resonates throughout the Pastoral Epistles, making fidelity to apostolic teaching the cornerstone of Timothy's ministry. The closing doxology—to the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever—grounds all ethical instruction in the transcendent reality of God's eternal glory, making Christian conduct a response to the majesty of God.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
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Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
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And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
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If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
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He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
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Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
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But godliness with contentment is great gain.
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For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
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And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
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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.
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I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. God is faithful in every circumstance.. I notice the repetition ...
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For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
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Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
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I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
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God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. I love how this passage doesn't shy away...
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That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
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God is faithful in every circumstance.. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke th...
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Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
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It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never wavers.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bi...
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Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
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That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
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Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
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O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
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Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.
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