1 Timothy 6:14

“That you keep the commandment”: The term “keep” here means to “attend to carefully, take care of, to preserve intact.” The word “commandment” stands for the whole body of God's commandments in the New Testament (2 Peter 2:21; 2 Peter 3:2; 1 Timothy 1:5). The KJV here has “this commandment”. “The entire truth of the Gospel which he has confessed and which he has been commissioned to preach and to defend is here unified under the singular noun ‘commandment'” (Hiebert p. 118). Jesus often stressed the need for complete obedience to His will (John 14:15; John 15:10; John 15:14; Matthew 28:20; Matthew 7:21).

1 Timothy 6:14 “Without stain”: Free from censure, irreproachable (2 Peter 3:14; James 1:27; Ephesians 5:27).

1 Timothy 6:14 “Or reproach”: Timothy must live the life that he is preaching, our lives must not be allowed to dishonor the truth that we are preaching. Often God stresses that the individual Christian must watch and guard their personal example (1 Corinthians 1:8; Colossians 1:22; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Peter 3:14; Judges 1:24). Timothy must live in such. way that no blame attaches itself to Christianity because of something wrong that he is doing.

1 Timothy 6:14 “Until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ”: Timothy must remain faithful until Jesus comes again (2 Timothy 1:10; 2 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 4:8; Titus 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:8). “There is no relaxing of this charge” (Reese p. 290). This means that all Christians are still under this charge. Notice that the Second Coming is an appearing,. term which means “to become visible”. Jesus is not coming secretly or silently at some supposed rapture, rather, He will come and all will see Him (1 Thessalonians 4:16).