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1 Timothy 6 — Sermon Preparation
Paul warns against false teaching and the love of money, and closes with a solemn charge to pursue righteousness, godliness, and sound doctrine. Below is a research summary for 1 Timothy 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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1 Timothy 6 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| εὐσέβεια | eusébeia | G2150 | 4 | godliness, holiness |
| καλός | kalós | G2570 | 5 | better, fair, good, honest |
| πίστις | pístis | G4102 | 4 | assurance, belief, believe, faith |
| πορισμός | porismós | G4200 | 2 | gain |
| ὁμολογία | homología | G3671 | 2 | con- fession, professed |
| δεσπότης | despótēs | G1203 | 2 | Lord, master |
| πλουτέω | ploutéō | G4147 | 2 | be increased with goods, rich |
How preachers through history handled this text
18 public-domain excerpts on 1 Timothy 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Being rich in this world is wholly different from being rich towards God. Nothing is more uncertain than worldly wealth. Those who are rich, must see that God gives them their riches; and he only can give to enjoy them richly; for many have riches, but enjoy them poorly, not having a heart to use them. What is the best estate worth, more than as it gives opportunity of doing the more good? …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Timothy 6:17–30 (Public Domain)
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