I Timothy 6

¹ As many as are slaves under yoke, let¹ them reckon their own masters² () worthy of all honor, in order that the name of God and the teaching not be being slandered. ² And those having believing masters²(), let¹ them not despise [them], because they are brothers, but rather let¹ them be slaving [to them] because they are trustworthy and agape-beloved, those devoting themselves to doing good. Be teaching and exhorting these [things]. ³ If anyone teaches otherwise and does not come with healthy words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teaching according to piety, ⁴ he is conceited, understanding nothing, but craving for controversy and debate, from which comes envy, strife, slanders, wicked³ suspicions, ⁵ mutual irritation of men of corrupt mind and depraved of the truth, thinking piety to be [a] means-of-gain. ⁶ But piety is means of great gain with self-sufficiency⁴, ⁷ for we brought nothing into the world, [it is] manifest that we can take nothing out. ⁸ So having sustenance and clothing, with these we will be content. ⁹ But those intending to be being wealthy fall into [a] test and snare and many mindless and harmful lusts, which plunge men into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For the philia-love of money is [the] root of all evil, which some aspiring to, have been deceived from the faith, and pierced themselves with many woes. ¹¹ But you, O man of God, be fleeing these [things], but be pursuing justness, piety, faith, agape-love, endurance, humility. ¹² Be fighting the good fight of faith, take hold of eternal zoe-life⁵ , to which you were called and have confessed the good confession before many witnesses. ¹³ I command you before the God making everything zoe-alive⁵ and [the] Christ Jesus having witnessed before Pontius Pilate the good confession, ¹⁴ to keep the commandment spotless, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵ which in his own times⁶ () he will show who is the blessed and only Potentate, the king of those being king and Lord of those being Lord, ¹⁶ the only [one] having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, which man has not seen nor is able to see; to whom [be] honor and might forever, Amen. ¹⁷ To those being wealthy in the present age be commanding [them] not to be being high-minded, nor to hope in uncertain wealth, but upon the God supplying you everything richly for enjoyment, ¹⁸ [commanding them] to be doing good, to be being rich in good works, to be generous, sharing, ¹⁹ treasuring up to themselves [a] good foundation against the [time] [about] to be, in order that they take hold of zoe-life⁵ indeed.

²⁰ O Timothy, guard [that] deposited [with you], turning away from profane chatter and contradiction of so-called knowledge, ²¹ which some, professing, have deviated from the faith. Grace [be]⁷ with you.

¹imperative

²DESPOTES "DES-poh-tays" (δεσπoτης ) `Lord': owner and absolute master of slaves. Whereas DESPOTES emphasizes ownership and complete right of disposal, KURIOS (also translated `Lord') emphasizes power—having it, having the right to wield it. Only slaves have a DESPOTES; even free persons may have a KURIOS. DESPOTES occurs in Luke.2:29, Acts.4:24, 1Tim.6:1, 1Tim.6:2, 2Time.2:21, Tit.2:9, 1Pet.2:18, 2Pet.2:1, Jude.1:4, Rev.6:10. "Lord" in every other case is KURIOS (κυριoς )

³PONEROS (πoνηρoς ) here. The Greek word KAKOS (κακoς ) is always translated `evil', PONEROS is usually translated as `wicked' although occasionally as `bad'; it can also mean 'diseased', 'sickly' and is thus translated where appropriate. Like KAKOS, PONEROS also means `evil', but the harm that evil does is more in view, where KAKOS is more `evil as evil'.

⁴or "contentment'

⁵from ZOE "ZOH-ay" (ζωη)—Life 'collectively', interdependent, interconnected. Although it means 'life' in the conventional sense (for example: Matt.9:18, Matt.27:63, Luke.2:36, Acts.25:24, Rom.7:2, 2Cor.1:8, 1Thes.4:17, 1Tim.5:10, Rev.19:20), Jesus uses ZOE exclusively of 'life eternal' (with the possible exceptions of Luke.15:13, Luke.16:25). The other N.T. writers use ZOE in both senses—temporal and eternal, generally clear from the context. The Father is the 'zoe-living God' (see Matt.16:16). The Septuagint (LXX) in Gen.2:7 has "...[God] breathed into his nostrils the breath of zoe-life, and the man became a zoe-living psyche-life" (and see 1Cor.15:45); and Gen.3:20 (LXX) "And Adam called his wife's name ZOE, because she was the mother of all zoe-living." Contrast PSYCHE (ψυχη): an individual manifestation of life/consciousness. See John.12:25 where both ZOE and PSYCHE occur. Greek also has the word BIOS (βιoς ) for 'life' in the sense of biological processes.

⁶KAIROS (καιρoς ) `opportune time', `proper time', `season'

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