1 Timothy

Treated in 264 passages across the library.

Paul's letter to Timothy, his son in the faith, left to lead the church at Ephesus. It gives instruction on prayer, the qualifications of overseers and deacons, the care of widows, and guarding sound doctrine against false teachers. It contains the saying "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief," and the charge to "fight the good fight of faith."

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  1. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Prefatory Address to King Francis cites 1 Tim. 4:10

    …that “therefore we both labour and suffer reproach because we trust in the living God” (1 Tim. 4:10); because we believe it to be “life eternal” to know “the only true God, and Jesus…

  2. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    A Preliminary Discourse to Catechising cites I Tim 3:3

    …overturned with the sail, so their sails being swelled with pride, they were overturned. I Tim 3:3. By unsettledness, men imitate lapsed angels. The devil was the first apostate. The sons…

  3. Faithful With Little · Ochorus Originals

    Introduction: Why Jesus Talked About Money cites 1 Timothy 6:10

    …never says money is evil. It says “the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” (1 Timothy 6:10). The problem is not in your wallet. It is in the heart that holds it. And it is not a…

  4. Communion with God · John Owen

    What it is wherein we have peculiar fellowship with the Lord Christ cites 1 Tim. iii. 16

    …nature in the person of the Son of God, having no subsistence of its own, Luke i. 35; 1 Tim. iii. 16. [2dly.] Κοινωνία ἰδιωμάτων, — that communication of attributes in the person, whereby…

  5. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Sin cites 1 Tim. i. 8

    …“the law is good if we use it lawfully,” and that “by the law is the knowledge of sin.” (1 Tim. i. 8; Rom. iii. 20; vii. 7.) Let us bring the law to the front and press it on men’s…

  6. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    Created to Lead cites 1 Timothy 2:13

    …in the New Testament. Writing to Timothy, he says, "For Adam was formed first, then Eve" (1 Timothy 2:13). Paul is teaching that God's design for male leadership in the home and church is rooted…