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I Timothy

First Timothy is a practical letter about guiding a young church leader. Explore worship, teaching, community care, and living out faith with integrity in everyday life.

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Fascinating Fact:

I Timothy describes qualifications for overseers and deacons, stressing character, self-control, and good reputation.

In Specialist The Bible, First Timothy is a New Testament letter associated with Paul and addressed to Timothy, a trusted co-worker. It gives clear guidance for church life, including prayer and worship, handling misleading teaching, choosing wise priorities, and caring for people with different needs. The letter balances belief and behaviour, reminding readers that faith should shape speech, choices, and relationships, not just what someone claims to know. It also offers steady, practical advice for leading with patience and humility.

Key Terms

Pastoral letter: A letter focused on caring for and guiding a church community, especially through leadership and everyday problems.
Sound teaching: Reliable instruction that matches the core message of the Christian faith and leads to healthier living.
Ephesus: An important city in the Roman world where Timothy is often linked with supporting and organising the church.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What is First Timothy about in the Bible?

First Timothy is about how a church should worship, learn, and live well, including dealing with false teaching, caring for others, and encouraging a faithful, disciplined life.

Who wrote First Timothy and who was it written to?

First Timothy is traditionally linked to the apostle Paul and is addressed to Timothy, a younger church leader who worked closely with him.

What does First Timothy teach about prayer and worship?

First Timothy encourages prayer for all kinds of people and calls for worship that is respectful and sincere, so the church reflects peace, order, and genuine faith.

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All quotations from the Bible are taken from the Authorised King James Version.

1 .

As he has for bishops, Paul also says what kind of person a deacon should be. What does he say deacons should hold in a pure conscience?

The mystery of the faith

The word of Jesus

The position of authority

The Books of the Law

The wives of deacons must also be faithful, honest, sober and serious.

I Timothy 3:8-13
"Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus"

2 .

Speaking about how elders should be treated, Paul commands that all be treated equally. He gives this command before God, Jesus and who else?

The Holy Spirit

The elect angels

The chosen saints

The righteous prophets

Those that sin should be rebuked, no matter who they are.

I Timothy 5:19-21
"Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality"

3 .

Who is it that Paul says should not teach, but rather should remain silent?

Children

Drunkards

Women

Sinners

This is because, says Paul, Eve was deceived by Satan in the Garden of Eden.

I Timothy 2:12-15
"But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety"

4 .

Paul says that in the last days people will listen to the doctrines of who or what?

The doctrines of devils

The doctrines of deception

The doctrines of demons

The doctrines of denial

Some in the Church will turn away from Christ and listen to evil spirits.

I Timothy 4:1
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils"

5 .

Paul says that God is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, who no man has or can, what?

See

Know

Imagine

Compare to

God exists in the light which no man can approach.

I Timothy 6:13-16
"I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; that thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen"

6 .

A widow who wishes to become a church worker must be at least how old?

40 years old

50 years old

60 years old

70 years old

Younger widows are more likely to remarry and so should not be accepted as church workers.

I Timothy 5:9-12
"Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work. But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith"

7 .

Who does Paul say must be blameless, have only one wife, vigilant, sober, well behaved, hospitable and able to teach, amongst other things?

A monk

A cardinal

An abbot

A bishop

A bishop must also not be greedy, violent or jealous. He must be patient, able to keep his children in order and must not be a recent convert to Christianity.

I Timothy 3:2-6
"A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil"

8 .

The letter opens with Paul's condemnation of false doctrines. Which two things does Paul say men should pay no attention to?

Lies and rumours

Fables and genealogies

Gossip and tittle-tattle

Stories and false histories

These things create questions rather than answering them. What Paul wants is for Christians to be filled with love and faith.

I Timothy 1:3-5
"As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned"

9 .

We brought nothing into this world, and so we should be content if we have just which two things?

Charity and love

Health and strength

Faith and hope

Food and clothing

To have more than we need can lead us into destruction.

I Timothy 6:7-10
"For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows"

10 .

The false teachers, says Paul, will forbid marriage and which other thing?

Having children

Eating meat

Owning slaves

Drinking wine

We may eat any animal we wish, says Paul, as long as we are thankful to God for it.

I Timothy 4:2-5
"speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer"

Author: Graeme Haw