EXEGETICAL EXAMINATION OVER I TIMOTHY CHAPTER THREE 1. In what way and for what reason is verse one a faithful saying? 2. Discuss the meaning of the phrase: husband of one wife, with special reference to the thought of the necessity of being married. 3. Discuss the three following qualificatio... [ Continue Reading ]
III. CHURCH OFFICERS 3:1-16 A. Office of the Overseer (1 Timothy 3:1-7) 1. THE ELDER. 1 Timothy 3:1-7 _TEXT 3:1-7_ 1 Faithful is the saying, if a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sob... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DEACONS 1 Timothy 3:8-13 _TEXT 3:8-13_ 8 Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blam... [ Continue Reading ]
IMPORTANCE OF INSTRUCTIONS 1 Timothy 3:14-16 _TEXT 3:14-16_ 14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly; 15 but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the... [ Continue Reading ]