I TIMOTHY

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Updated 02/2024

 

CHAPTER 1

  1. Timothy was to teach Jesus, the Son of God, (crucified and risen) and His commandments - not to be a teacher of the law.
  2. 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.
  3. 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

  1. God desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  2. Jesus is our mediator.
  3. Women should use discretion in adornments, be modest when they dress, showing godliness and not worldliness.
  4. Women were not to teach or have authority over a man.
  5. 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

  1. An overseer could have only one wife at a time.
  2. A new convert as an overseer might become prideful and fall into the way of the devil.
  3. An overseer should have a character and reputation befitting the gospel lest he be reproached and fall into the snare of the devil.
  4.  The deacons have many of the qualifications of the overseer and should be of good standing and have great boldness in the faith.
  5. 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.
  6. We are to follow the example of Jesus for godliness. Then, we too will be taken up in glory.

CHAPTER 4

  1. In the latter days some will fall away from God and believe strange doctrines.
  2. a. Bodily exercise helps extend your life now. b. Godly exercise will extend your life forever.
  3. 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

  1. We must help the older widow (over sixty) who has no one to help her.
  2. Young widows should remarry.
  3. The elders who rule well are worthy of double honor and their wages.
  4. An elder found in sin should be rebuked before all so they may repent and others may fear also.
  5. 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

  1. Godliness is not for material gain but for the eternal reward we will receive in heaven.
  2. The love of money is a root for all kinds of evil.
  3. Jesus is the first fruit of those who die and will live again.
  4. God is the light whom no man has seen.
  5. The rich should be ready to give and willing to share.