1 Timothy 6
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Honoring Masters
1All who are under the yoke as slaves should regard their own masters#6:1 Or owners as worthy of all respect, so that God’s name#Jn 10:25; Ac 15:14; Rv 14:1 and his teaching will not be blasphemed. 2Let those who have believing masters not be disrespectful to them because they are brothers, but serve them even better, since those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved.#6:2 Or because, as believers who are dearly loved, they are devoted to others’ welfare#2Th 2:12; 1Jn 4:16
False Doctrine and Human Greed
Teach and encourage these things. 3If anyone teaches false doctrine and does not agree with the sound teaching of our Lord#Rv 11:8 Jesus Christ and with the teaching that promotes godliness,#2Pt 1:3 4he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in disputes and arguments over words.#2Tm 2:14,23; Ti 3:9 From these come envy,#Ps 37:1 quarreling,#Ti 3:9 slander,#Rv 13:6 evil suspicions, 5and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.#6:5 Other mss add From such people withdraw yourself.#Eph 4:22; 2Tm 3:8; Ti 1:11,15 6But godliness with contentment is great gain.#Ps 37:16; Pr 15:16; 16:8; Php 4:11; Heb 13:5 7For we brought nothing into the world, and#6:7 Other mss add it is clear that we can take nothing out.#Jb 1:21; Ps 49:17; Ec 5:15 8If we have food and clothing,#6:8 Or food and shelter we will be content with these. 9But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root#6:10 Or is the root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith#Php 1:27; 1Tm 1:2; Jd 3 and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Fight the Good Fight
11But you, man of God, flee from these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love,#1Co 13:1 endurance,#Rv 13:10 and gentleness. 12Fight the good fight#2Tm 4:7; Jd 3 of the faith. Take hold of eternal life#1Jn 5:12 to which you were called and about which you have made a good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13In the presence of God, who gives life to all,#Mk 13:19; Rm 1:25 and of Christ Jesus, who gave a good confession before Pontius Pilate,#Mt 27:11–14 I charge you 14to keep this command without fault or failure until the appearing#Ti 2:13; 1Jn 2:28 of our Lord#Rv 11:8 Jesus Christ. 15God will bring this about in his own time.#Lk 21:8 He is the blessed and only#Rm 16:27 Sovereign, the King of kings,#Rv 17:14 and the Lord of lords,#Dt 10:17; Ps 136:2–3; Rv 17:14; 19:16 16who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light,#Ps 36:9; 104:2; Jn 12:46 whom no one has seen or can see,#Ex 33:20; Jn 1:18 to him be honor and eternal power.#Jd 25 Amen.#1Tm 1:17; Rv 22:21
Instructions to the Rich
17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant#1Sm 2:3; Ec 7:8; Rm 11:20; 12:16 or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God,#6:17 Other mss read on the living God who richly provides us with all things#Ac 17:25 to enjoy. 18Instruct them to do what is good, to be rich in good works,#Mk 14:6; Gl 3:10; Jms 2:14–26; 1Pt 2:12 to be generous and willing to share,#Rm 12:8,13; Eph 4:28 19storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the coming age,#Mt 6:20 so that they may take hold of what is truly life.
Guard the Heritage
20Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you,#1Tm 1:11; 2Tm 1:12,14; Ti 1:3 avoiding#Heb 12:13 irreverent and empty speech and contradictions from what is falsely called knowledge.#Col 2:8; 2Tm 2:16; 4:4; Ti 1:14 21By professing it, some#2Tm 2:18 people have departed from the faith.#Php 1:27; 1Tm 1:2
Grace be with you all.
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1 Timothy 6
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1 # See 1 Pet. 2:18 Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants#6:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, #Isa. 52:5; Rom. 2:24; Titus 2:5so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. 2Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are #See Philem. 16 brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved.
False Teachers and True Contentment
# ch. 4:11, 13; 5:7 Teach and urge these things. 3If anyone #ch. 1:3 teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with #See ch. 1:10 the sound#6:3 Or healthy words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching #Titus 1:1that accords with godliness, 4#ch. 3:6; 2 Tim. 3:4 he is puffed up with conceit and #1 Cor. 8:2; [ch. 1:7] understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for #ch. 1:4; 2 Tim. 2:23; Titus 3:9 controversy and for #2 Tim. 2:14; [Acts 18:15]quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, 5and constant friction among people #2 Tim. 3:8; [Eph. 4:22; Titus 1:15] who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, #Titus 1:11; 2 Pet. 2:3imagining that godliness is a means of gain. 6But #[ch. 4:8] godliness #Ps. 37:16; Prov. 15:16; 16:8; Phil. 4:11; Heb. 13:5with contentment is great gain, 7for #Job 1:21; Ps. 49:17; Eccles. 5:15we brought nothing into the world, and#6:7 Greek for; some manuscripts insert [it is] certain [that] we cannot take anything out of the world. 8But #Gen. 28:20; Prov. 30:8if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. 9But #Prov. 15:27; 23:4; 28:20; Matt. 13:22 those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, #[ch. 3:7] into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that #[ch. 1:19]plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of #[Ex. 23:8; Deut. 16:19]all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
Fight the Good Fight of Faith
11But as for you, #2 Tim. 3:17 O man of God, #2 Tim. 2:22 flee these things. #See Prov. 15:9Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. 12#[ch. 1:18]; See 1 Cor. 9:25 Fight the good fight of the faith. #[Phil. 3:12] Take hold of the eternal life #1 Pet. 5:10 to which you were called and about which you made #See 2 Cor. 9:13the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13#See ch. 5:21 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, #[Matt. 27:11; John 18:37; Rev. 1:5; 3:14] who in his testimony before#6:13 Or in the time of Pontius Pilate made #[See ver. 12 above]the good confession, 14to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until #See 2 Thess. 2:8the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15which he will display #See ch. 2:6 at the proper time—he who is #ch. 1:11 the blessed and only Sovereign, #See Rev. 17:14the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16#See ch. 1:17 who alone has immortality, #[Ps. 104:2] who dwells in #Job 37:23 unapproachable light, #See John 1:18whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
17As for the rich in #2 Tim. 4:10; Titus 2:12 this present age, charge them #Rom. 11:20; 12:3, 16 not to be haughty, nor #See Mark 10:24 to set their hopes on #Prov. 23:5; [Matt. 13:22] the uncertainty of riches, but on God, #See Acts 14:17who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. 18They are to do good, #Luke 12:21; Titus 3:8, 14 to be rich in good works, to be generous and #See Rom. 12:13ready to share, 19thus #See Matt. 6:19, 20 storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may #ver. 12 take hold of #[2 Tim. 1:1]that which is truly life.
20O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. #2 Tim. 3:5; [Col. 2:8; 2 Tim. 4:4; Titus 1:14] Avoid the #2 Tim. 2:16irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,” 21for by professing it some have swerved from the faith.
# See Col. 4:18 Grace be with you.#6:21 The Greek for you is plural
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