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119:83 a wineskin in smoke. Just as smoke 6:3 Paul identifies 3 characteristics of false
will dry out, stiffen, and crack a wineskin thus teachers: 1) they “teach otherwise”—a differ-
making it useless, so the psalmist’s affliction ent doctrine, or any teaching that contradicts
has debilitated him. God’s revelation in Scripture; 2) they do “not
consent to wholesome words”—they do not
agree with sound,healthy teaching,specifical-
Yet I do not forget Your statutes. ly the teaching contained in Scripture; and 3)
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How many are the days of Your
servant? liness”—teaching not based on Scripture will
When will You execute judgment on always result in an unholy life. Instead of god-
those who persecute me? liness, false teachers will be marked by sin.
The proud have dug pits for me,
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Which is not according to Your law. godliness is a means of gain. From such with-
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All Your commandments are faithful; draw yourself.
They persecute me wrongfully; 6 Now godliness with contentment is great
Help me! gain. For we brought nothing into this world,
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They almost made an end of me on and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
earth, 8 And having food and clothing, with these we
But I did not forsake Your precepts. shall be content. But those who desire to be
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Revive me according to Your rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into
lovingkindness, many foolish and harmful lusts which drown
So that I may keep the testimony of men in destruction and perdition. For the
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Your mouth. love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for
Proverbs 28:1 which some have strayed from the faith in
their greediness, and pierced themselves
28 The wicked flee when no one through with many sorrows.
pursues,
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But you, O man of God, flee these things and
But the righteous are bold as a lion. pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love,
patience, gentleness. Fight the good fight of
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faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were
also called and have confessed the good confes-
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sion in the presence of many witnesses. I urge
28:1 A guilty conscience imagines accusers
everywhere (Num.32:23;Ps.53:5),while a clear
conscience has boldness to face everyone.
6:12 Fight the good fight of faith. The Greek
1 Timothy 6:1–21 word for “fight”gives us the English word “ago-
nize”and was used in both military and athletic
Let as many bondservants as are under the endeavors to describe the concentration, disci-
6 yoke count their own masters worthy of all pline, and extreme effort needed to win. The
honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine “good fight of faith”is the spiritual conflict with
may not be blasphemed. And those who have Satan’s kingdom of darkness in which all men
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believing masters, let them not despise them of God are necessarily involved. lay hold on
because they are brethren, but rather serve them eternal life. Paul is here admonishing Timothy
because those who are benefited are believers to “get a grip”on the reality of the matters asso-
and beloved. Teach and exhort these things. ciated with eternal life, so that he would live
3 and minister with a heavenly and eternal per-
If anyone teaches otherwise and does not
consent to wholesome words, even the words spective (Phil.3:20;Col.3:2).to which you were
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine also called. Refers to God’s effectual,sovereign
which accords with godliness, he is proud, call of Timothy to salvation. good confession.
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knowing nothing, but is obsessed with dis- Timothy’s public confession of faith in the Lord
putes and arguments over words, from which Jesus Christ, which likely occurred at his bap-
tism and again when he was ordained to the
come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,
useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds
5 ministry (4:14; 2 Tim.1:6).
and destitute of the truth, who suppose that
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