1 Timothy 6:11-16
In contrast to greed-driven false teachers, Timothy is called as a man of God to flee evil, pursue godliness, fight the good fight of faith, and keep the command until Christ appears, grounded in the majesty of the sovereign and immortal God.
11 But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
12 Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
13 I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,
14 that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.
16 He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
In contrast to greed-driven false teachers, Timothy is called as a man of God to flee evil, pursue godliness, fight the good fight of faith, and keep the command until Christ appears, grounded in the majesty of the sovereign and immortal God.
To exhort Timothy toward decisive moral separation from corrupt motives and toward active perseverance in faithfulness under the authority of God and in anticipation of Christ’s return.
Godliness, Contentment, the Good Fight, and Guarding the Entrusted Gospel
God's servants must guard sound doctrine, flee greed, pursue godliness with contentment, fight the good fight of faith, and keep the entrusted gospel until Christ appears.