1 Timothy 6

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1. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

   Riches and Poverty cites 1 Tim vi. 10

   …they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." (1 Tim vi. 10.) What can be more striking than the fact that the Bible has frequently spoken of money…

2. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

   Is Gambling Wrong? cites 1 Timothy 6:9–10

   …them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil” (1 Timothy 6:9–10). Proverbs warns, “one eager to be rich will not go unpunished” (Proverbs 28:20), and…

3. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

   The Fight cites 1 Timothy vi. 12

   “Fight the good fight of faith.”—1 Timothy vi. 12. IT is a curious fact that there is no subject about which most people feel such deep…

4. Communion with God · John Owen

   Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites 1 Tim. vi. 16

   …revealed him,” John i. 18. God dwells in that “light which no man can approach unto,” 1 Tim. vi. 16. None hath ever had any such acquaintance with him as to be said to have seen him, but by…

5. Waiting on God · Andrew Murray

   For the Coming of His Son cites 1 Tim. 6:14

   …shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.'—1 Tim. 6:14,15 (R.V.). 'Turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for…

6. 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…

7. Faithful With Little · Ochorus Originals

   Covetousness, the Respectable Sin cites 1 Timothy 6:18

   …is one reason Paul tells Timothy to command the rich “to give generously and to share” (1 Timothy 6:18). Guarding your eyes. Achan’s sin started with “I saw.” What are you looking at? Shop…

8. Faithful With Little · Ochorus Originals

   The Learned Secret of Contentment cites 1 Timothy 6:7

   …all behind. “For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it” (1 Timothy 6:7). The old saying is that a funeral hearse never tows a trailer. If you can’t keep it…

9. Faithful With Little · Ochorus Originals

   The Danger of Riches cites 1 Timothy 6:17

   …the rich “not to be proud and not to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain” (1 Timothy 6:17). Money can make us feel superior, as if we are worth more because we have more. Riches…

10. Faithful With Little · Ochorus Originals

    Count the Cost cites 1 Timothy 6:17

    …spending. Spending money is not wrong. God “richly gives us everything to enjoy” (1 Timothy 6:17). A holiday, a meal out, a gift for someone you love, a beautiful thing for your home…

11. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Christian Conception of God, or the God of the Bible as Distinguished from the God of Christian Science and the God of Modern Philosophy cites 1 Tim. 6:16

    …To say, "God is Spirit" is to say that God is essentially incorporeal and invisible (cf. 1 Tim. 6:16), that God in His essential nature is not material but immaterial and invisible, but none…

12. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Jehovah cites 1 Timothy 6:12

    …we are to fight, but not in this way. We are to fight “the good fight of the faith” (1 Timothy 6:12), and the fight of faith is not a struggle of effort, but a struggle of trust. It is like…

13. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Discussion: Part the First cites 1 Tim. vi. 16

    …unto, seeing that, they dwell in that light which is inaccessible; as Paul witnesseth. (1 Tim. vi. 16.) But let the man acquaint himself with the God Incarnate, or, as Paul saith, with Jesus…

14. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    By the Sweat of Your Brow cites 1 Timothy 6:10

    …eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs" (1 Timothy 6:10). You can work hard without worshiping money. You can pursue excellence without being…

15. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 6 — The Need of Scripture, as a Guide and Teacher, in Coming to God as a Creator cites 1 Tim. 6:16

    …brightness of the Divine countenance, which even an apostle declares to be inaccessible (1 Tim. 6:16), is a kind of labyrinth,—a labyrinth to us inextricable, if the Word do not serve us as…

16. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 16 — The World, Created by God, Still Cherished and Protected by Him cites 1 Tim. 6:20

    …both because it is of the class which Paul teaches us to shun, as profane novelties (1 Tim. 6:20), and also because it is attempted, by means of an odious term, to fix a stigma on the…

17. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Eighth Stage cites 1 Tim. 6:9

    …thee into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 1 Tim. 6:9. ‘T was she that set Absalom against his father, and Jeroboam against his master. ‘T was…

18. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 18 — The Instrumentality of the Wicked Employed by God, While He Continues Free from Every Taint cites 1 Tim. 6:16

    …and remember that the light in which he dwells is not without cause termed inaccessible (1 Tim. 6:16), because shrouded in darkness. Hence, all pious and modest men will readily acquiesce in…

19. The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer · Ochorus Originals

    The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing cites 1 TIMOTHY 6:17

    …in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. 1 TIMOTHY 6:17 The aim is not to stop enjoying God’s gifts but to stop trusting in them. A believer who…

20. Real Questions – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    Is It Wrong to Be Rich? cites 1 Timothy 6:10

    …it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows” (1 Timothy 6:10). Money itself is a tool. Abraham, Job, Joseph of Arimathea and Lydia were all wealthy…

21. The Key Teachings of John Owen · Ochorus Originals

    Think Greatly of God cites 1 TIMOTHY 6:16

    …unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. 1 TIMOTHY 6:16 He goes on to show why this must be so. God has described Himself largely by what He is…

22. Baptism with the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    How Spiritual Power is Lost cites 1 Timothy 6:10

    …Judas Iscariot, and proved his ruin. “The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil,” (1 Timothy 6:10), but one of the greatest evils of which it is the root is that of the loss of spiritual…

23. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    The Shout of Faith cites 1 Timothy 6:12

    …good soldier of Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 2:3) and to “fight the good fight of the faith” (1 Timothy 6:12) against worse enemies than those which attacked the Israelites. Our enemies are…

24. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites 1 Tim 6: 17

    …them that are rich in this world that they do good; that they be rich in good works.’ 1 Tim 6: 17, 18. This is not only a counsel, but a charge. If God should lay a charge upon the…

25. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

    The Power of Godliness cites 1 TIMOTHY 6:6

    …It is whether anything is actually alive. But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 TIMOTHY 6:6 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Describe your religion as an outsider would see it this week…

26. The Key Teachings of Hudson Taylor · Ochorus Originals

    Owe No Man Any Thing cites 1 TIMOTHY 6:6

    …not bear himself, but the burden was real. But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 TIMOTHY 6:6 Fourth, and most subtly, such a principle can become a boast. It is easy to take quiet…

27. The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo · Ochorus Originals

    My Weight Is My Love cites 1 TIMOTHY 6:17

    …in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. 1 TIMOTHY 6:17 It must be admitted that the language of using people can mislead a modern reader, and it…

28. The Key Teachings of John Wesley · Ochorus Originals

    The Use of Money cites 1 TIMOTHY 6:10

    …after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 1 TIMOTHY 6:10 So the question is not whether a Christian should handle money, but how. And Wesley…

29. The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter · Ochorus Originals

    The Crucifying of the World cites 1 TIMOTHY 6:9

    …and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 1 TIMOTHY 6:9 He noted that Paul does not say the rich but they that will be rich — those who have set…

30. The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson · Ochorus Originals

    The Least of These cites 1 TIMOTHY 6:17–18

    …do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate. 1 TIMOTHY 6:17–18 He held up the Macedonian churches as the pattern, and the details of Paul’s description…

31. The Life of Antony (For Teens) · Athanasius of Alexandria

    Gold in the Road cites 1 Timothy 6:10

    …they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” — 1 Timothy 6:10 (KJV) When Antony was about thirty-five, he decided to go further out into the desert. On…

32. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    May cites 1 Timothy 6:17

    …be spent for our sweet Lord Jesus. May 16 “Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.” (1 Timothy 6:17) Our Lord Jesus is ever giving, and does not for a solitary instant withdraw his hand. As…

33. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites 1 Tim 6: 10

    …is a mother sin, a radical vice. ‘The love of money is the root of all evil.’ 1 Tim 6: 10. Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, auri sacra fames! [O accursed lust for gold! what…

34. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    Thoughtfulness of the excellency of the majesty of God cites 1 Tim. vi. 16

    …not, as we are, mortal, finite, and limited. Hence is that glorious description of him, 1 Tim. vi. 16, “Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom…

35. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section XI. The Evidence of Gods Certain Foreknowledge of the Volitions of Moral Agents cites 1 Tim. vi. 15

    …of the world, as supreme and universal ruler. (See Rom. i. 25. ix. 5. 2 Cor. xi. 31. 1 Tim. vi. 15.) ARG. IV. It will also follow from this notion, that as God is liable to be continually…

36. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XI. Another great and very distinguishing difference between gracious affections and others is, that gracious affections, the higher they are raised, the more is a spiritual appetite and longing of soul after spiritual attainments increased cites 1 Tim. 6:6

    …of the Lord is his treasure.” Godliness is the gain that he is covetous and greedy of. 1 Tim. 6:6. Hypocrites long for discoveries more for the present comfort of the discovery, and the…

37. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Danger of Riches cites 1 Tim. 6:9

    …and into many foolish and hurtful desires, which drown men in destruction and perdition.” 1 Tim. 6:9. 1. How innumerable are the ill consequences which have followed from men’s not knowing…

38. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Being of God cites I Tim 6:16

    …is clear, for a body is visible, but God is invisible; therefore he is a Spirit. I Tim 6:16. ‘Whom no man has seen, nor can see;’ not by an eye of sense. A body is terminated, can…

39. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Unchangeableness of God cites I Tim 6:16

    …the divine nature. [2] There is no period put to his being. ‘Who only has immortality.’ I Tim 6:16. The Godhead cannot die. An infinite essence cannot be changed into finite; but God is…

40. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Wisdom of God cites I Tim 6:6

    …had not been lost, thy soul had been lost. God saw riches would be a snare unto thee. I Tim 6:6. Art thou troubled that God has prevented a snare? God will make thee rich in faith. What…

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