1 Timothy 6:11-16
Chapter 6
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Instructions to Timothy
But you, man of God, avoid all this. Aim to be holy and godly. Live with faith and love, along with patience and kindness.12
Fight the good fight of the faith and win everlasting life, to which you were called when you made the good profession of faith in the presence of many witnesses.
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In the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Jesus Christ, who expressed before Pontius Pilate the authentic profession of faith:
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preserve the message revealed to everyone. Keep yourself pure and blameless until the glorious coming of Christ Jesus, our Lord,
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whom God will bring about at the proper time, the blessed and only ruler, King of kings and Lord of lords.
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To him, alone immortal, who lives in unapproachable light, and whom no one has ever seen or can see, be honor and eternal power. Amen!
Commentaries
Instructions to Timothy.
Among the personal qualities of a man of God and community leader, in addition to those already mentioned in 4:12, he includes traits primarily attributed to God in the Old Testament… “patience, kindness” (11). But as the community leader, his primary duty is to protect and uphold sound doctrine: “I charge you preserve the message pure and blameless” (14). Christians do not merely believe in doctrines but in a Person, Jesus of Nazareth, who remains alive and present in the community, calling it together and caring for it through its representatives. And so it will be until the final day, “until the glorious coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (14).