The Best Bible Verses in 1 Timothy (ESV)
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1 Timothy
• 1 Timothy 1:3–4 As I urged you...charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, nor to devote themselves to myths…speculation
• 1Tim1:6-7 Certain persons…have wandered away into vain discussion…without understanding…the things about which they make confident assertions
• 1 Timothy 1:15 The saying is trustworthy…that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
• 1 Timothy 1:18–19 wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience.
• 1 Timothy 2:1-2 "I urge that...prayers...be made...for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful & quiet life”
• 1 Timothy 2:3–4 God our Savior…desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
• 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus
• 1 Timothy 2:8 "I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands w/o anger or quarreling”
• 1 Timothy 2:12 “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet”
• 1 Timothy 3:1 “The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.”
• 1 Timothy 3:2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable…
• 1 Timothy 3:2-3…hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money…
• 1 Timothy 3:4 “He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive”
• 1 Timothy 3:5 “if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church?”
• 1 Timothy 3:6 “He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil”
• 1 Timothy 3:7 “Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.”
• 1 Timothy 3:8–13 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.
• 1 Timothy 3:9 “They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.”
• 1 Timothy 3:10 “And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless.”
• 1 Timothy 3:11 “Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.”
• 1 Timothy 3:12 “Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.”
• 1Tim3:13 “those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves &also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.”
• 1 Timothy 3:15 "the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth”
• 1 Timothy 4:1 “in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons”
• 1Tim4:6–7 trained in the words of the faith & of the good doctrine that you have followed. Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths.
• 1 Timothy 4:8 "bodily training is of some value”
• 1Tim4:8 godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life & also for the life to come
• 1 Timothy 4:12 "set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity”
• 1 Timothy 4:13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.
• 1 Timothy 4:16 Keep a close watch on yourself &on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself &your hearers.
• 1 Timothy 5:6 she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives
• 1 Timothy 5:13 they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house…also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.
• 1 Timothy 5:15 For some have already strayed after Satan.
• 1 Timothy 5:17 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
• 1 Timothy 5:20 As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.
• 1 Timothy 5:22 Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
• 1 Timothy 5:24–25 "The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later. …
• ...So also good works are conspicuous, &even those that are not cannot remain hidden.”
• 1Tim6:1-2 “so that the name of God &the teaching may not be reviled...not be disrespectful… serve all the better”
• 1Tim6:3–4 If anyone teaches a different doctrine & does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ...he...understands nothing
• 1 Timothy 6:6–7 godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, & we cannot take anything out of the world.
• 1Tim6:9 those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless & harmful desires that plunge people into ruin
• 1 Timothy 6:11 Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
• 1Tim6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called &about which you made the good confession
• 1Tim6:15–16 the blessed & only Sovereign, the King of kings & Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light
• 1Tim6:17 As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God
• 1 Timothy 6:20 guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge”