1 Timothy 6 — Legacy Standard Bible

Instructions to Those Who Serve

6^aAll who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so ^bthat the name of God and our doctrine will not be ¹slandered. ²But those who have believers as their masters must not be disrespectful to them because they are ^abrothers, but must serve them all the more, because those who ¹partake of the benefit are believers and beloved. ^bTeach and exhort these things.

³If anyone ^ateaches a different doctrine and does not ¹agree with ^bsound words—those of our Lord Jesus Christ—and with the doctrine ^cconforming to godliness, ⁴he is ^aconceited, understanding nothing but ¹having a morbid interest in ^bcontroversial questions and ^cdisputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, slander, evil suspicions, ⁵and constant friction between ^amen of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who ^bsuppose that ¹godliness is a means of gain. ⁶^aBut godliness actually is a means of ^bgreat gain, when accompanied by ^ccontentment. ⁷For ^awe have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either. ⁸And if we ^ahave food and covering, with these we shall be content. ⁹^aBut those who want to get rich fall into temptation and ^ba snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰For ^athe love of money is a root of all ¹sorts of evils, and some by aspiring to it have ^bwandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

¹¹But you, O ^aman of God, ^bflee from these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, ^cfaith, ^dlove, ¹perseverance, gentleness. ¹²^aFight the good fight of ^bfaith. ^cTake hold of the eternal life ^dto which you were called, and you made the good ^econfession in the presence of ^fmany witnesses. ¹³^aI charge you in the presence of God, who ¹gives life to all things, and of ^bChrist Jesus, who testified the ^cgood confession ^dbefore Pontius Pilate, ¹⁴that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the ^aappearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵which He will ¹bring about at ^athe proper time—He who is ^bthe blessed and ^conly Sovereign, ^dthe King of ²kings and ^eLord of ³lords, ¹⁶^awho alone has immortality and ^bdwells in unapproachable light, ^cwhom no man has seen or can see. ^dTo Him be honor and eternal might! Amen.

¹⁷Command those who are rich in ^athis present age ^bnot to be haughty or to ^cset their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, ^dwho richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. ¹⁸Command them to do good, to be rich in ^agood ¹works, ^bto be generous and ready to share, ¹⁹^astoring up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may ^btake hold of that which is life indeed.

²⁰O ^aTimothy, guard ^bwhat has been entrusted to you, turning aside from ^cgodless and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called knowledge— ²¹which some, while professing, have ^agone astray ¹from ^bthe faith. ^cGrace be with ²you.