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in the text what these verses teach about
elders: 5:17-18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24-25.
3 . Slaves (6:l-2a). Christian employees
have obligations to Christian employers,
even as employers have obligations to their
employees. Paul here applies the gospel to
the slave-master situation that existed in the
households of many new converts to Christ
in the rst century. Are these verses Paul’s
counsel to servants or to masters? Might
there have been a problem in the Christian
households about this when he wrote? If so,
what was it?
G. WEALTH (6:6-10, 17-19)
Paul gives sound advice to those who are
blessed with wealth. How does he relate the
following subjects to wealth: godliness,
contentment, evil, good works, eternal


wealth?12
V. THEME, KEY WORDS AND VERSES FOR 1
TIMOTHY
What key words and verses did you
observe in your survey of 1 Timothy? Note
the ones cited on Chart 97. Observe that
godliness appears eight times in the letter.
This is one of the reasons for including it in
the two-part title, “Godliness and Pastoral
Care.”
VI. APPLICATIONS FROM 1 TIMOTHY

1. Go back over the epistle and read the
various things Paul wrote about the
Christian pastor. Use the following outline in
organizing your reading.13 What is the
value of this instruction to laymen of a local
church?


a. His o ce: 1:1, 11, 12, 18; 2:7; 3:1;
4:11; 6:12.
b. His quali cations: 1:16, 18; 3:2, 4-6;
4:6, 12, 15, 16; 5:21-22; 6:13-14.
c. His duties as preacher: 1:4; 2:7, 8; 3:815; 4:6, 7, 11; 5:14-16, 20, 21; 6:1, 2, 4, 1719, 20-21.
d. His duties as pastor: 1:3, 4, 18-19; 2:1,
2; 3:2, 3, 4-7, 8-13, 15; 5:1-2, 4-16, 20, 21;
6:10, 11, 12, 20.
e. His personal life: 1:5, 16, 18; 3:2, 4, 7,
8, 10, 15; 5:22, 23; 6:6-8, 9, 20.
2. What does this letter teach about the
following:
a. the church’s obligation to any physical
needs of members of the congregation
b. procedures, policies, and principles to
be followed when calling a man to serve as
pastor


c. the kind of Christian employee that all
of us should strive to be
d. the daily conduct of women — whether

they are widows, single, or married —
which is pleasing to the Lord
e.
why
church
organization
and
administration need not suppress spiritual
vitality.
3. What does 1 Timothy teach about
prayer?
VII. REVIEW QUESTIONS ON 1 TIMOTHY
1. In what order were the pastoral epistles
written?
2. When did Paul rst bring the gospel to
Ephesus? How long did he minister there at
that time?
3. What does the name Timothy mean?
When was Timothy converted? When did he