Tag: 1 Timothy

[:en]TO THE SLAVES (vs. 1-2) Consider your master worthy of full respect.  Serve the believer’s masters even better because they are brothers. LOVE OF MONEY (vs. 3-10) Godliness with contentment is great gain.  For we brought nothing into this world and we can take nothing out of it.  Be contented if you have food and… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 6[:]

[:en]ADVICE ABOUT WIDOWS, ELDERS AND SLAVES (vs. 1-25) “Do not rebuke older man harshly but exhort him as if he were your father.  Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers and younger women as sisters with absolute purity. (vs. 1-2)  Proper recognition must be given to those widows who were really in need. … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 5[:]

[:en]INSTRUCTIONS TO TIMOTHY (vs. 1-15) There were false teachers who were hypocritical liars giving stringent rules forbidding people to marry or to eat certain foods.  This strict discipline for the body made them appear to be self-righteous.  “For everything God created is good and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 4[:]

[:en]OVERSSERS AND DEACONS (vs. 1-16) Overseers are pastors, church leaders or elders. Qualifications of an overseer : (vs. 2-7) Above reproach Husband of one wife Temperate, self-controlled, respectable, able to teach Not given to drunkenness Not violent, but gentle Not quarreling, not a lover of money Must manage his own family well and see that… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 3[:]

[:en]INSTRUCTIONS ON WORSHIP (vs. 1-15) Paul commanded them to pray for kings because during that time, emperor Neor was a notorious cruel ruler.  He persecuted Christians and publicly butchered Christians and fed them to the animals. We have to pray for those in government authorities so that we can live a peaceful and quiet lives… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 2[:]

[:en]WARNINGS AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS OF THE LAW (vs. 3-11) Paul sent Timothy to lead the Ephesian church and wrote this letter to help Timothy deal with the difficult situation in Ephesian church.  The church of Ephesus was plagued by false doctrines of myths and genealogies.  Instead of studying the truth, they embroiled the church in… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy[:]

[:en]Slaves and believing masters must respect each other (vs. 1-2).  Beware of false doctrines that do not agree to the Lord’s instruction (v. 3) “Godliness with contentment is great gain” (v. 6) “We bought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it; If you have food and clothing, be content with… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 6[:]

[:en]Advices: “Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father.  Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers and young women as sisters with absolute purity” (v. 1-2) “If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 5[:]

[:en]Teachings of Paul to Timothy:  Everything that God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer (vs. 4-5) Bring up in the truths of the faith and of the good teachings that you have followed (v. 6)… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 4[:]

[:en]Qualifications of an overseer: (vs. 1-7) He must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.  He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 3[:]