1 Timothy 4-6 - Flee and Pursue

Some Will Fall Away

1Ti 4:4-5 LSB - [4] For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, [5] for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

A Good Minister’s Discipline

1Ti 4:7-8 LSB - [7] But refuse godless myths fit only for old women. On the other hand, train yourself for the purpose of godliness, [8] for bodily training is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and [also] for the [life] to come.

1Ti 4:10 LSB - [10] For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers.

In What Sense Did Christ Die for the Non-Elect? John Piper

1Ti 4:13 LSB - [13] Until I come, give attention to the public reading [of Scripture], to exhortation and teaching.

1Ti 4:16 LSB - [16] Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

“Years ago Hamburgh was nearly half of it burned down, and among the incidents that happened, there was this one. A large house had connected with it a yard in which there was a great black dog, and this black dog in the middle of the night barked and howled most furiously. It was only by his barking that the family were awakened just in time to escape from the flames, and their lives were spared; but the poor dog was chained to his kennel, and though he barked and thus saved the lives of others, he was burned himself. Oh! Do not you who work for God in this church perish in that fashion. Do not permit your sins to enchain you, so that while you warn others you become lost yourselves.” (Spurgeon)

 

Honor Widows

1Ti 5:1-2 LSB - [1] Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but [rather] plead with [him] as a father, [to] the younger men as brothers, [2] the older women as mothers, [and] the younger women as sisters, in all purity.

Honoring the Elders

1Ti 5:17 LSB - [17] The elders who lead well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor at [preaching] the word and teaching.

 

Instructions to Those Who Serve

1Ti 6:1 LSB - [1] All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and [our] doctrine will not be slandered.

1Ti 6:11 LSB - [11] But you, O man of God, flee from these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, gentleness.

1Ti 6:12 LSB - [12] Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.