1 Timothy 6

Chapter 6

Instructions to Those Who Minister

^1aAll who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so ^bthat the name of God and our doctrine will not be ¹spoken against.

²Those who have believers as their masters must not be disrespectful to them because they are ^abrethren, but must serve them all the more, because those who ¹partake of the benefit are believers and beloved. ^bTeach and ²preach these principles.

³If anyone ^aadvocates a different doctrine and does not ¹agree with ^bsound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine ^cconforming to godliness,

⁴he is ^aconceited and understands nothing; but he ¹has a morbid interest in ^bcontroversial questions and ^cdisputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,

⁵and constant friction between ^amen of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who ^bsuppose that ¹godliness is a means of gain.

^6aBut godliness actually is a means of ^bgreat gain when accompanied by ^ccontentment.

⁷For ^awe have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.

⁸If we ^ahave food and covering, with these we shall be content.

^9aBut those who want to get rich fall into temptation and ^ba snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.

¹⁰For ^athe love of money is a root of all ¹sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have ^bwandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

¹¹But ^aflee from these things, you ^bman of God, and pursue righteousness, godliness, ^cfaith, ^dlove, ¹perseverance and gentleness.

^12aFight the good fight of ^bfaith; ^ctake hold of the eternal life ^dto which you were called, and you made the good ^econfession in the presence of ^fmany witnesses.

^13aI charge you in the presence of God, who ¹gives life to all things, and of ^bChrist Jesus, who testified the ^cgood confession ^dbefore Pontius Pilate,

¹⁴that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the ^aappearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁵which He will ¹bring about at ^athe proper time—He who is ^bthe blessed and ^conly Sovereign, ^dthe King of ²kings and ^eLord of ³lords,

^16awho alone possesses immortality and ^bdwells in unapproachable light, ^cwhom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

¹⁷Instruct those who are rich in ^athis present world ^bnot to be conceited or to ^cfix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, ^dwho richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.

¹⁸Instruct them to do good, to be rich in ^agood ¹works, ^bto be generous and ready to share,

^19astoring up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may ^btake hold of that which is life indeed.

²⁰O ^aTimothy, guard ^bwhat has been entrusted to you, avoiding ^cworldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called “knowledge”—

²¹which some have professed and thus ^agone astray ¹from ^bthe faith.

^cGrace be with you.