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    1 Timothy 6

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    The chapter is suspicious of gain until it finds a kind it can praise: godliness pursued for profit is a trap, while godliness joined to contentment is “great gain.”

    Service without the easy exceptionvv. 1–5

    Those under slavery are told to regard their masters as worthy of honor, and believing masters bring no exemption from service; being brothers makes the service more earnest, not less. Then the chapter turns sharply on anyone who teaches otherwise, describing a mind feverishly devoted to disputes, suspicions, and the rather shabby business of treating godliness as a money-making device.

    The good kind of gainvv. 6–16

    Godliness with contentment is great gain, rather more durable than anything carried into the world or out of it. Food and clothing will do; the hunger to be rich, by contrast, becomes a snare crowded with foolish desires, and the love of money sends some wandering from the faith with sorrows in tow. Timothy is summoned to flee that lot, pursue a very different catalogue of virtues, and hold fast to eternal life and the good confession. The charge is made before God and Jesus, whose testimony was before Pontius Pilate, while the promised appearance of Jesus waits for its proper time beneath a magnificent description of the unseen Sovereign.

    A different sort of wealthvv. 17–21

    The rich are not told to stop enjoying what God provides; they are told not to make wealth their hope, since its uncertainty is a poor foundation. Instead, they are to become rich in good works, generous and ready to share, storing up a firm foundation for the future and taking hold of what is truly life. At the end, Timothy receives the entrusted charge personally: guard it, avoid empty chatter and the grandly named “knowledge” that has already sent some swerving away from the faith.

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    1. 1 Tim 6:1All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.

    2. 1 Tim 6:2Those who have believing masters should not show disrespect because they are brothers, but should serve them all the more, since those receiving their good service are beloved believers. Teach and encourage these principles.

    3. 1 Tim 6:3If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,

    4. 1 Tim 6:4he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,

    5. 1 Tim 6:5and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

    6. 1 Tim 6:6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

    7. 1 Tim 6:7For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.

    8. 1 Tim 6:8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

    9. 1 Tim 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

    10. 1 Tim 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

    11. 1 Tim 6:11But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

    12. 1 Tim 6:12Fight 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.

    13. 1 Tim 6:13I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:

    14. 1 Tim 6:14Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

    15. 1 Tim 6:15which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.

    16. 1 Tim 6:16He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

    17. 1 Tim 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

    18. 1 Tim 6:18Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,

    19. 1 Tim 6:19treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

    20. 1 Tim 6:20O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

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

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    • 121 Peter 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
    • 6Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
    • 10Proverbs 1:19Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
    • 121 Timothy 1:18Timothy, 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,
    • 121 Corinthians 9:25–26Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
    • 122 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
    • 12Ephesians 6:10–18Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
    • 112 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
    • 101 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
    • 61 Timothy 6:8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
    • 7Job 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
    • 12Philippians 3:12–14Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
    • 6Philippians 4:11–13I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
    • 6Proverbs 16:8Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
    • 161 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
    • 18Hebrews 13:16And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

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