Written from prison to Timothy. Timothy was timid and emotionally weak. Paul calls him a man of God, a phrase not often used of many men in the Bible. Purpose of this book- 1 Timothy 3:14, 15 Timothy chose a great man for a role model and spiritual example. May we...
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1 Timothy 1:1-7 Why We Study The Bible
Jan 24, 2025 | 1 Timothy, New Testament
I. God Wants Us To Walk In Truth A. Truth As Found In The Gospel Of John 1. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 2. John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those...
1 Timothy 1:12-14
Jan 24, 2025 | 1 Timothy, New Testament
1 Tim 1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, Jesus strengthened Paul to carry out his ministry. Timothy needed to be reminded of God’s strengthening, b/c he was in a difficult situation, in a very difficult city. Though Paul had great courage as a...
1 Timothy 1:8-11
Jan 24, 2025 | 1 Timothy, New Testament
1 Tim 1:8 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, Christians are not divorced from the Law of God. The Law does apply to our lives. We must have a right understanding of it’s application. It can be wrongly applied. God gave the Law. It is good The...
1 Timothy 2 Ministry In The Local Church
Jan 27, 2025 | 1 Timothy, New Testament
1 Timothy 3:14, 15 These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth....
1 Timothy 2:8-15
Jan 24, 2025 | 1 Timothy, New Testament
2:8 I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; Paul exhorted the men of the church to be men who pray. This would have been public prayers. I don’t know that Paul is trying to exclude women from public prayer....
1 Timothy 3 Godliness & Usefulness
Jan 27, 2025 | 1 Timothy, New Testament
I. Called To Lead V.1 Bishop- investigation, inspection, visitation, oversight, charge Bishops had their eyes on the church, looked out for them, led them, and guided them. Christian men have been given varying degrees of leadership within the Body of Christ. 1. Some...
1 Timothy 3:1-16
Jan 27, 2025 | 1 Timothy, New Testament
3:1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. desire- to reach out, stretch out, to reach after anything, to long for it, to want it, etc. It is acceptable to desire a position of spiritual leadership. One cannot...
1 Timothy 4:1-16
Jan 29, 2025 | 1 Timothy, New Testament
4:1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, Paul has just finished speaking of the church being the foundation and pillar of truth. The Church of Jesus Christ needs...
1 Timothy 4:10-16 Nayarit
Jan 29, 2025 | 1 Timothy, New Testament
4:10 For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. To develop the godliness of verse 8. kopiao, kop-ee-ah'-o; to feel fatigue; by impl. to work hard:--(bestow)...
1 Timothy 5: 1, 2 How To Treat People In The Church
Jan 29, 2025 | 1 Timothy, New Testament
I. How To Treat Older Men- Do not rebuke an older man A. What Not To Do 1. Stedman- The way you treat people will be affected by how you see them. 2. Don’t rebuke- Only usage of this Greek word. It means to “strike at”. a. 5:20- rebuke- elegchō- to find fault with,...
1 Timothy 6:1-21
Jan 29, 2025 | 1 Timothy, New Testament
6:1 Let as many bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed. Paul speaks of Christian slaves. Paul doesn’t debate the rightness or wrongness of slavery. He doesn’t...
2 Timothy 4:9-22
Jan 31, 2025 | 1 Timothy, New Testament
9 Be diligent to come to me quickly; 10 for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica—Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for...