1 Timothy 6:2b-21

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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*March 13, 2010
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   *G. 1 TIMOTHY 6:2b-21a APOSTOLIC CHARGES*


 *1. 6:2b-10 DANGERS TO THE TEACHER*

*a. 6:2b SUBJECT OF TEACHING*

TAUta DIda-ske [1321] kai pa-raKAlei [3870].

*These things teach and exhort.*


 *b. 6:3-5 UNSOUND TEACHERS*

EI tis he-te-ro-di-da-skaLEI [2085], kai m*e* proSERche-tai [4334]hu-giAInou-si
[5198] LOgois,

*If any teaches different, and consents not to sound words,*

tois tou KuRIou h*e*M*O*N 'I*e*SOU ChrisTOU,

*those of our :Lord Jesus Christ,*

kai t*e* kat' euSEbei-an [2150] di-da-skaLIa [1319],

*and to the teaching according to godliness,*

teTUph*o*-tai [5187], m*e*DEN e-piSTAme-nos [1987],

*4 he is puffed up, knowing nothing,*

alLA noS*O*N [3552] peRI z*e*T*E*seis [2214] kai lo-go-maCHIas [3055],

*but sick about questionings and disputes of words,*

ex h*o*n GIne-tai PHTHOnos [5355], Eris [2054], blas-ph*e*MIai [988],
huPOnoi-ai [5283] po-n*e*RAI,

*from which comes envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,*

di-a-pa-ra-triBAI [1311] di-eph-tharMEn*o*n anTHR*O*p*o*n ton noun

*5 wranglings of men corrupted in :mind*

kai a-pe-ste-r*e*MEn*o*n [650] t*e*s a-l*e*THEIas,

*and bereft of the truth,*

no-miZONt*o*n [3543] po-risMON [4200] EInai t*e*n euSEbei-an [2150].

*supposing :godliness is gain.*


 *c. 6:6-8 GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT*

EStin de po-risMOS [4200] MEgas h*e* euSEbei-a meTA au-tarKEIas [841]:

*But :godliness with contentment is great gain:*

ouDEN gar ei-s*e*NEGka-men [1533] eis ton KOSmon,

*7 for we brought nothing into the world,*

HOti ouDE e-xe-negKEIN [1627] ti duNAme-tha;

*because neither can we carry anything out;*

Echon-tes de di-a-troPHAS [1305] kai skePASma-ta [4629] TOUtois
ar-kes-th*e*SOme-tha
[714].

*8 but having foods and covering we shall be with them content.*


 *d. 6:9 DANGER OF COVETING RICHES*

ho de bouLOme-noi [1214] plouTEIN [4147] emPIPtou-sin [1706] eis pei-rasMON
[3986] kai paGIda [3803]

*But who would be rich fall into temptation and a snare*

kai e-pi-thuMIas [1939] polLAS a-no*E*tous [453] kai bla-beRAS [983],

*and many foolish and hurtful lusts,*

HAIti-nes buTHIzou-si [1036] tous anTHR*O*pous eis HOle-thron [3639 kai aP*O
*lei-an [684].

*such as drown :men unto destruction and perdition.*


 *e. 6:10 LOVE OF MONEY*

'RIza [4491] gar PANt*o*n t*o*n kaK*O*N esTIN h*e* phi-la-guRIa [5365];

*For the love of money is a root of all :evils;*

h*e*s tiNES o-reGOme-noi [3713] a-pe-plaN*E*th*e*-san [685] aPO t*e*s PIste-
*o*s,

*which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith,*

kai he-auTOUS pe-riEpei-ran [4044] oDUnais [3601] polLAIS.

*and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.*


 *2. 6:11-16 PERSONAL CHARGE TO TIMOTHY*

*a. 6:11 EXHORTATION*

Su de, *O* ANthr*o*-pe TheOU, TAUta PHEUge [5343];

*But you, O man of God, flee these;*

DI*o*-ke [1377] de di-kai-oSUn*e*n [1343], euSEbei-an [2150], PIstin [4102],

*and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith,*

aGAp*e*n [26], hu-po-moN*E*N [5281], pra-uPAthi-an [4236].

*love, patience, meekness.*


 *b. 6:12 NATURE OF OUR WARFARE*

a-g*o*NIzou [75] ton kaLON aG*O*na [73] t*e*s PIste-*o*s, e-pi-laBOU [1949]t
*e*s ai-*o*NIou [166] z*o*-*E*S [2222],

*Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold of the eternal life,*

eis h*e*n eKL*E*th*e*s [2563], kai h*o*-moLOg*e*-sas [3670]

*unto which you were called, and did confess*

t*e*n kaL*E*N ho-mo-loGIan [3671] eN*O*pi-on polL*O*N marTUr*o*n [3144].

*the good confession in sight of many witnesses.*


 *c. 6:13-16a A SOLEMN CHARGE*

pa-ragGELl*o* [3853] soi eN*O*pi-on tou TheOU, tou z*o*-o-goNOUNtos
[2227]ta PANta,

*I charge you in sight of :God, who gives life to :all things,*

kai 'I*e*SOU ChrisTOU,

*and of Jesus Christ,*

tou mar-tuR*E*san-tos [3140 ePI PonTIou PeiLAtou t*e*n kaL*E*N ho-mo-loGIan
[3671];

*who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession;*

t*e*R*E*-SAI [5083] se t*e*n en-toL*E*N [1785], ASpi-lon [784],
a-nePIl*e*mp-ton
[423],

*14 that you keep the commandment, without spot, without reproach,*

MEchri t*e*s e-pi-phaNEIas [2015] tou KuRIou h*e*M*O*N 'I*e*SOU ChrisTOU:

*until the appearing of our :Lord Jesus Christ:*

h*e*n kaiROIS [2540] iDIois DEIxei [1166], ho maKAri-os [3107] kai MOnos
duNASt*e*s [1413],

*15 which in his own seasons, he, the blessed and only Potentate,*

ho ba-siLEUS [935] t*o*n ba-si-leuONt*o*n [936], kai KUrios t*o*n
ku-ri-euONt*o*n [2961];

*shall show, the King of :kings, and Lord of lords;*

ho MOnos Ech*o*n a-tha-naSIan, ph*o*s [5457] oiK*O*N [3611] aPROsi-ton [676]
;

*16a who alone has immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable;*

hon EIden ouDEIS anTHR*O*p*o*n, ouDE iDEIN [1410] DUna-tai:

*whom no man has seen, nor can see:*

h*o* tiM*E* [2904] kai KRAtos ai*O*ni-on.

*to whom be honor and power eternal.*


 *d. 6:17b Amen. *aM*E*N.


 *3. 6:17-19 A CHARGE TO THE RICH*

Tois plouSIois [4145] en t*o* nun ai*O*ni paRAGgel-le [3853], m*e*
hu-ps*e*-lo-phroNEIN
[5309],

*Charge the rich in the present age, not to be highminded,*

m*e*DE *e*l-piKEnai [1679] ePI PLOUtou a-d*e*LOt*e*-ti [83],

*nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches,*

all' ePI t*o* The*O* t*o* paREchon-ti [2198] h*e*MIN PANta plouSI-*o*s
[4146] eis aPOlau-sin [619];

*but on the God who gives us richly all things to enjoy;*

a-ga-tho-erGEIN [14], plouTEIN en ERgois kaLOIS,

*18 to do good, to be rich in good works,*

eu-me-taDOtous [2130] EInai, koi-n*o*-niKOUS [2843];

*to be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;*

a-po-th*e*-sauRIzon-tas [597] he-auTOIS theMEli-on [2310] kaLON eis to
MELlon,

*19 treasuring up for themselves a good foundation against the time to come,
*

HIna e-piLAb*o*n-tai [1949] t*e*s ONt*o*s z*o*-*E*S.

*that they may lay hold on the real life.*


 *4. 6:20-21a A CHARGE CONCERNING SOUNDNESS*

*O* TiMOthe-e, t*e*n pa-raTH*E*k*e*n [3872] PHUla-xon [5442],

*O Timothy, guard the deposit, *

ek-trePOme-nos [1624] tas beB*E*lous [952] ke-no-ph*o*NIas [2757]

*turning away from the profance babblings*

kai an-tiTHEseis [477] t*e*s pseu-d*o*NUmou [5581] GN*O*se-*o*s [1108];

*and oppositions of the knowledge falsely so called;*

H*E*N ti-nes e-pag-gelLOme-noi [1861] peRI t*e*n PIstin *e*STOch*e*-san
[795].

*21a which some professing have deviated from the faith.*



 *H. 6:21b BENEDICTION*

H*e* CHAris [5485] meth' huM*O*N.

*:Grace be with you.*



 *NOTE**: *Dr. Charles W. Koller of Waco Texas - was the President of
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary of
Chicago when I attended during 1949-52. Several times he had Donald Gray
Barnhouse of the Tenth Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia speak at our
Chapel Service of some 400 students. *Always* Dr. Barnhouse was a
challenging and even controversial speaker. He came across strongly as a *
Word-oriented* preacher. He was often asked in various circles to give his
opinion on different doctrinal matters. He *invariably* answered by quoting
relevant Scriptures that gave a very clear answer. Often his questioners
asked - “Don't you have an opinion of your own on our question, apart from
your Bible answers?” He would reply, “Why should I lower myself to give you
*my* humble opinions - when I can give you ultimate truth straight from the
Throne of God?”


 My first mentor, Sister Mary Bertha Allquist, a Jewish missionary to Jews
through her own conversion, followed the same approach. I am committed with
them both to this same strategy.


 Dr. Barnhouse had his congregation memorize 100 of the great hymns of the
faith. It was then able to sing with full focus on God and the Lord, and
found this a great aid in being grounded in Scriptural Truth. Barnhouse felt
that many choruses sung in Christian meetings had a great lack of depth.


 One other tactic bothered his hearers. He ordered all hearers to go home,
and if they had a Bible plaque on the wall entitled “Prayer Changes Things,”
then *turn it to the wall*. “Prayer does *not* change things, he asserted;
“Prayer changes *YOU*!” Words such as this did not always endear himself to
congregations, but he was not forgotten! He certainly had the attention of
his audiences, as they wondered what he would say next to rub the cat's fur
the wrong way!


 This morning as I was seeking an introduction for this closing note on 1
Timothy, the memory of Dr. Barnhouse from some nearly 60 years ago returned
to me with a refreshing. We need more today who “afflict the comfortable,
and comfort the afflicted!”


 6:1b-10 - *Dangers to the Teacher*. The Teacher I mention in the
Introduction above, Dr. Barnhouse, walked carefully in these guidelines.
Paul gave them to Timothy on behalf of the pastor-teachers in the many
churches in the home of the City Church of Ephesus, over which Paul had
placed him to give oversight over these elders. He was a young man to be
placed over leaders - probably every one - older than Timothy - some even
gray-beards!


 6:11-16 - Then after delivering these 5 principles on to the Ephesian
elders, the apostle turns to his young protege and son in the faith, with 3
charges. As Joseph fled temptation in Potiphar's house, so Paul exhorts
Timothy to flee the above dangers along with his fellow elders, and
positively follow 6 goals.


 Next he reminds Timothy that the Christian walk and faith is a *warfare*.
He reminds him that He has been walking this good confession up till now.
However - it is the *end* of the Christian warfare that counts! The Gospels
say, “He the *endures* to the *end* - the same shall be saved!” Don't let
your theology water down such clear words as *these* in the Bible! It is the
*Word* that corrects our theology - not our theology the Word! Let the Word
mean what *it* wants to mean!


 Then the apostle Paul follows up these two points with one of the most
solemn charges in the Bible, drawing on the more than successful example of
our Lord Jesus!


 3. 6:17-19 - Why would Paul feel it necessary to give a charge to the Rich
through Timothy? Every aspect of this charge *we need today*, especially
those of us who have riches. The Spirit's evaluation of riches through Paul
is *not* the evaluation we hear much of today. Brother Yun, the Heavenly Man
of China, would say a hearty “Amen” to this charge given by Paul. He feels
this is the greatest danger perhaps in the American Church today.


 4. 6:20-21a - Then - one last charge and exhortation to his spiritual son
Timothy. Paul takes *nothing* for granted. He *knows* whereof he speaks. He
wants Timothy to remember these warnings when he is gone. - J.A.W.



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