1. 1 Timothy 1:33:164:11:1-26:20-21 Teachers and Church Leaders Attitude of Church Leaders SalutationSalutation 6:19 ClosingClosing

2. 1 Timothy 1:3-203:14-164:1-161:1-26:20-21 Teachers and Church Leaders Attitude of Church Leaders SalutationSalutation 6:3-19 ClosingClosing 2:1-153:1-13 Apostolic DoctrineInstructions on Prayer and Worship Qualifications on Elders and Deacons Household of God Timothy’s Duty in the Face of Heresy Treatment of Various Groups in Church 5:1-6:2 True and False Teachers Contrasted

3. 1 Timothy 1:33:164:11:1-26:20-21 Teachers and Church Leaders Attitude of Church Leaders SalutationSalutation 6:19 ClosingClosing Purpose 1:3 As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus, in order that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines.

4. 1 Timothy 1:33:164:11:1-26:20-21 Teachers and Church Leaders Attitude of Church Leaders SalutationSalutation 6:19 ClosingClosing Pivot 3:14-16 1 Timothy 1:3 Stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer 1 Timothy 4:15-16 Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.

5. Explicit: Read 1 Timothy Explicit: Read 1 Timothy 1:18-191:18-19 Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight, holding on to faith and a good conscience. 3:14-153:14-15 Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that, if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. 1 Timothy: Purposes

6. Explicit: Read 1 Timothy Explicit: Read 1 Timothy 6:13-146:13-14 I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 6:206:20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, which some have professed and in so doing have wandered from the faith. 1 Timothy: Purposes

7. The Need to defend and promote true doctrine The Need to defend and promote true doctrine The Need for Church leaders to live lives according to true doctrine The Need for Church leaders to live lives according to true doctrine The Need to Administer the church in accordance with true doctrine The Need to Administer the church in accordance with true doctrine Therefore, the truth of the Gospel is a (the?) key theme! Therefore, the truth of the Gospel is a (the?) key theme! 1 Timothy: Purposes

8. 1 Timothy 1:3-71:81:1-26:20-21 SalutationSalutation 6:19 Warning against False Teachers Literally: “Other Teachings” Warning against False Teachers Literally” “False Knowledge” True Gospel 3:14-16 Note the “sandwich” with the warnings against false teachers

9. 1 Timothy 1:33:164:11:1-26:20-21 Teachers and Church Leaders Attitude of Church Leaders SalutationSalutation 6:19 ClosingClosing Note the absence of a Greeting/Thanksgiving section ●See Rom 1:8-17; 1 Cor 1:4-9) ●Others without Thanksgiving, see Gal, James, 2 Peter, Titus 1:3

10. 1 Timothy 1:33:164:11:1-26:20-21 Teachers and Church Leaders Attitude of Church Leaders SalutationSalutation 6:19 ClosingClosing Note Structure of 1 Timothy 1:3-20 A – Remain to fight heresy (1:3-7) B – Comment on Misunderstanding of Law (1:8-11) B’ – Gospel of Grace (1:12-17) A’ – Timothy as teacher contrasted with heretics (1:18-20) 1:3-20

11. 1 Timothy 1:33:164:11:1-26:20-21 Teachers and Church Leaders Attitude of Church Leaders SalutationSalutation 6:19 ClosingClosing Note shift in 2:1 ●Positive Instructions for the church ●There is a direct connection between disruption in church (1:3- 7) and clear teaching of Good behavior in the church ●Note close connection between material in 2:1- 15 and 3:1-13 Note 3:14-16 ●Is it a conclusion to 1:3-3:13? ●Is it a start to 4:1- 6:19 ●Is it transitional from one to the other (pivot)? 2:13:14-16

12. 1 Timothy 1:33:164:11:1-26:20-21 Teachers and Church Leaders Attitude of Church Leaders SalutationSalutation 6:19 ClosingClosing Fresh start at 4:1 ●4:1-5 predicts heresy ●4:6-10 Teach truth and oppose heresy ●4:11-16 Personal advice to Timothy 4:1

13. 1 Timothy 1:33:164:11:1-26:20-21 Teachers and Church Leaders Attitude of Church Leaders SalutationSalutation 6:19 ClosingClosing Connection between 4:1-16 and 5:1-6:2? ●move from general to particular: e.g., treatment of old by young (5:1-2); widows (3-16), elders (17-19), sinful members in church (20-25); slaves (6:1-2) 5:1-6:2

14. 1 Timothy 1:33:164:11:1-26:20-21 Teachers and Church Leaders Attitude of Church Leaders SalutationSalutation 6:19 ClosingClosing 6:2? ●Does it look back? If so, how far back does Paul want you to apply it? ●Does it look forward? 6:2

15. 1 Timothy 1:33:164:11:1-26:20-21 Teachers and Church Leaders Attitude of Church Leaders SalutationSalutation 6:19 ClosingClosing 6:3-19 ●6:3-10 False Teachers ●6:11-16 Timothy’s Attitude ●6:17-19 False Teachers 6:3-19