< 1 Timothy 6 >

All these instructions of Paul were to be fully received and put into practice: “These things teach and exhort”.v.2Waiting for response for 1 Timothy 6:2 Many in the congregations would reject the teaching of the apostles, as is widespread now, but the apostles were the appointed spokesmen for Jesus, therefore these recalcitrant disciples were rejecting “the words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the doctrine which is according to godliness”.v.3Waiting for response for 1 Timothy 6:3 They would come to “know nothing” of the truth but would substitute the “surmises of men” v.4Waiting for response for 1 Timothy 6:4 and become destitute of the truth.v.5Waiting for response for 1 Timothy 6:5 True disciples are commanded to withdraw themselves from such.v.5Waiting for response for 1 Timothy 6:5

In particular, the love of money, the root of all evil, would carry men away from the truth into perdition.vs.6-11Waiting for response for 1 Timothy 6:6-11 Disciples who were rich were to use their wealth in God’s service vs.17-18Waiting for response for 1 Timothy 6:17-18 and thereby provide for the time when Jesus comes and lay hold on eternal life.v.19Waiting for response for 1 Timothy 6:19 Faithful disciples, like Timothy, were exhorted to have “godliness with contentment” v.6Waiting for response for 1 Timothy 6:6 and to “follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life”.v.11-12Waiting for response for 1 Timothy 6:11-12