New Testament · Letters

1 Timothy chapter 6

Everyone who is under the as a should consider their own masters worthy of full , so that God’s name and our aren’t spoken against.And those who have masters who are shouldn’t disrespect them just because they’re . Instead, they should serve them even better, because the ones benefiting from their good work are believers and people they care about. Teach and encourage these things.If anyone teaches something different and doesn’t agree with the of our Lord Jesus, , and with the teaching that leads to a ,that person is and actually understands nothing. Instead, they have a with controversies and arguments about words, which produce jealousy, conflict, slander, and ugly suspicions,and constant friction between people whose and who’ve been . They think that a is a way to make money.But a God-honoring life combined with being — that actually is a huge .Because we brought nothing into the , and we can’t take anything out of it either.So if we have food and , we’ll be with that.But people who want to get rich fall into temptation and a and into many foolish and destructive cravings that drag people down into .Because the love of money is a of all kinds of evil. Some people, by chasing after it, have wandered away from the and with all kinds of pain.But you — — run away from all of this. Instead, chase after , a God-honoring life, faith, love, , and . that comes with faith. Grab hold of — that’s what you were called to when you made your in front of many .I’m , in front of God who gives life to everything, and in front of Jesus who made his before :keep this command until our Lord Jesus, The One, .God will bring this about at the right time — he is , the ,the only one who has , who lives in , who no human has ever seen or even can see. To him belong honor and power that last forever. Tell those who are rich in not to be arrogant and not to put their hope in wealth, which is so . Instead, tell them to put their hope in God, who generously gives us everything to enjoy.Tell them to do good, to be , to be and .By doing this, they’ll be for themselves as a solid foundation for the future, so they can grab hold of .Timothy, . Stay away from pointless, empty talk and the contradictions of what is falsely called ‘.’Some people have claimed to have this ‘knowledge’ and have from the . be with you all.