I TIMOTHY
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Updated
02/2024
CHAPTER 1
- Timothy was to teach Jesus,
the Son of God, (crucified and risen) and His commandments - not to be a
teacher of the law.
- Frivolous and unfounded
stories polluted the truth of the gospel and endless genealogies produced
pride instead of the love, faith, and a pure heart the gospel required.
- Paul, at first, did not
believe in Jesus, and in his zeal for God, he thought he was doing God's
will by destroying the followers of Christ.
CHAPTER 2
- God desires all men to be
saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- Jesus is our mediator.
- Women should use discretion
in adornments, be modest when they dress, showing godliness and not
worldliness.
- Women were not to teach or
have authority over a man.
- Man is not independent of
woman. Children will come through the woman. Therefore, she was not
destroyed for her sin in the Garden of Eden. However, she must continue in
the precepts of the gospel to be saved.
CHAPTER 3
- An overseer could have only
one wife at a time.
- A new convert as an overseer
might become prideful and fall into the way of the devil.
- An overseer should have a
character and reputation befitting the gospel lest he be reproached and
fall into the snare of the devil.
- The deacons have
many of the qualifications of the overseer and should be of good standing
and have great boldness in the faith.
- The church is the house of
the living God. It is the foundation where we get strength and truths so
we can stand firm in the faith.
- We are to follow the example
of Jesus for godliness. Then, we too will be taken up in glory.
CHAPTER 4
- In the latter days some will
fall away from God and believe strange doctrines.
- a. Bodily exercise helps
extend your life now. b. Godly exercise will extend your life forever.
- Timothy must continue in what
he was taught and be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in
love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity
CHAPTER 5
- We must help the older widow
(over sixty) who has no one to help her.
- Young widows should remarry.
- The elders who rule well are
worthy of double honor and their wages.
- An elder found in sin should
be rebuked before all so they may repent and others may fear also.
- Some men's sins are clearly
evident and some are not known until later. The good works of some are
clearly evident while the good works of others will be made know later.
CHAPTER 6
- Godliness is not for material
gain but for the eternal reward we will receive in heaven.
- The love of money is a root
for all kinds of evil.
- Jesus is the first fruit of those
who die and will live again.
- God is the light whom no man
has seen.
- The rich should be ready to
give and willing to share.