Text: 1 Timothy 4:1-5 Theme: Requiring people to abstain from certain foods and from marrying is a satanic scheme. Key verses: “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons” (v. 1). “They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain ...
Text: 1 Timothy 3:14-16 Theme: Paul gives two powerful reasons to act right. Key verses: “…you will know how one ought to behave as a member of God’s family–the assembly of the living God, the pillar and foundation that support the truth–and I think you will agree that the mystery of godliness is great: He ...
Text:1 Timothy 3:1-13 Theme: Qualifications of elders and deacons Key verses: “..if anyone is seeking a position as overseer in the church, he desires an honorable and important work. Here are the qualifications to look for in an overseer: a spotless reputation, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, sensible, respectable, welcoming to strangers…and gifted to ...
Text: 1 Timothy 2:8-15 Theme: Guidelines for women Key verses (from The Voice NT): “…here’s what I want to see…Women, the same goes for you: dress properly, modestly, and appropriately. Don’t get carried away in grooming yourself…Instead, as is fitting, let good works decorate your true beauty and show that you are a woman who ...
Text: 1 Timothy 2:1-8 Theme: The motivation and method of pleasing prayer. Key verses: “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone…that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to ...
Text: 1 Timothy 1:18-20 Theme: Faith in godly instruction and a good conscience are required to avoid shipwrecking our faith. Key verses: “Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction…so that by following them you may fight the good fight, holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have ...
Text: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Theme: God loves pouring his favor on the unlikely and undeserving. Key verses: “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service” (v. 12). “The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith ...
Text: 1 Timothy 1:8-11 Theme: The Law is good; lawbreakers and false teachers are not. Key verses: “We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. We also know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinners, the unholy and irreligious…” (v. 8-9a) ...
Text: 1 Timothy 1:3-7 Theme: Sometimes our main purpose in ministry is to confront and correct. Key Verses: “…stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to reach false doctrines any longer nor devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies…” (v. 3-4a) “The goal of this command is love, which comes ...