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+# 1 TIMOTHY 6
+
+## 6:1-2
+
+### What was a slave?
+
+A “slave”(δοῦλος/g1401) was a person owned by another person. The slave worked for the owner. A slave
+was not paid for the work they did. However,  a “slave” was taken care of by his owner. The owner gave
+them food to eat, clothes to wear, and a place to live.
+
+See: Ephesians 6:5-8; Colossians 3:22-25;
+
+See: Serve (Servant, Slave)
+
+### What did it mean to be “under the yoke”?
+
+A yoke (ζυγός/g2218) was a piece of wood that was placed around the necks of two large animals to join
+them together. This allowed them to pull heavy loads. To be “under the yoke” was a metaphor. That is, it
+was used to talk about how slaves were owned by a master and made to do work.
+
+See: Metaphor
+
+### Why did Paul write, “worthy of all honor”?
+
+Paul wanted Christian slaves to respect their master by obeying him.
+
+### How might the “name of God” be blasphemed?
+
+The word “blaspheme” was used to say that someone said something bad about God or another person in
+some way. Some scholars think Paul wrote about God being spoken against when he wrote Christians not
+to do things to blaspheme. That is, If slaves were disobedient, it gave reason for non-Christians to speak
+bad things about God and the things Christians taught.
+
+See: Romans 2:24; Titus 2:9-10
+
+See: Blaspheme (Blasphemy)
+
+## 6:3-10
+
+### What was teaching that did “not agree” with Paul’s message?
+
+Throughout the book of 1st Timothy, Paul wrote Timothy about how the church was to work together. Paul
+wanted Timothy to know that anything someone taught that did “not agree”(ἑτεροδιδασκαλέω/g2085) with
+the things Paul wrote in this letter was false teaching.
+
+See: Galatians 1:6-9
+
+See: Church
+
+### What were “controversies and arguments about words”?
+
+Paul wrote again what he had already written about false teachers. They taught about things that did not
+matter much. They also taught wrong things about the Old Testament (see: 1:4, 6-7; 4:7). These things
+caused arguments about things which were not things about which they needed to worry. Paul warned
+Timothy that false teachers harmed the church.
+
+See: Proverbs 20:3; Titus 3:9
+
+See: Church
+
+### What was a “depraved” person?
+
+Some scholars think a “depraved” person was someone who did not know the truth or they no longer
+believed the things that were true. Other scholars think a “depraved” person does not know the difference
+between right and wrong.
+
+### Why did Paul write the word “contentment”?
+
+“Contentment” was used to talk about a person who had enough of the things he needed to live. He had no
+need for help from other people. Also, it was used to talk about a person who did not want anything more in
+their life. In Paul’s letters, Christians were content because they knew God provided their needs.
+
+See: Matthew 6:25-26; Philippians 4:11-13
+
+See: Greed (Covet)
+
+### How were godliness and contentment “great gain”?
+
+Paul wrote that godliness and contentment were “great gain” because doing the things that honored God
+were good for a person both now and forever.
+
+See: Godly (Godliness)
+
+### Why did Paul write “the world”?
+
+In the same way that newborn babies have nothing in this world, people cannot take anything from this
+world with them when they die.
+
+See: Job 1:21; Matthew 6:33-34
+
+See: World
+
+### What was “the love of money”?
+
+A person with “love of money” only wanted to have much money and things they could buy with it.
+
+### How was the love of money “a root of all kinds of evil”?
+
+Paul used the metaphor of a “root.” That is, the love of money causes much evil in the same way a root
+causes a plant to grow.  
+
+See: Ecclesiastes 5:10; Luke 16:13-15
+
+See: Metaphor
+
+### How did people who loved money “pierce themselves with much grief”?
+
+When a person pierced or stabbed themselves with a knife or other sharp thing, it caused pain. Paul used
+that idea to say that people who have a love for money often times cause themselves to have pain, such as
+the loss of friendships.
+
+## 6:11-21
+
+### What was a “man of God”?
+
+Some scholars think Paul wrote about Timothy as a man of God because Timothy was a Christian. Also,
+Timothy wanted to do the things that honored God. Other scholars think Paul wrote “man of God” to write
+that Timothy was similar to a prophet. In the Old Testament, the words “man of God” were often used to
+write about Moses, Samuel and Elijah.
+
+See: 2 Timothy 3:17; Deuteronomy 33:1; 1 Kings 17:18
+
+See: Prophet
+
+### Why did Paul write Timothy to  “flee these things”?
+
+Paul told Timothy to “flee” certain things.  He wrote this to tell Timothy not do the things that trap people
+who do these things because they love money. However, Paul wrote Timothy to “pursue” other things. He
+told him to do the things that make him  to live in a way that honors God.
+
+See: 2 Timothy 2:22
+
+### What was the “good fight of faith”?
+
+Paul wanted Timothy to know that a Christian will be persecuted by people who do not believe in Jesus.
+
+See: Persecute (Persecution)
+
+### What was the “good confession” made by Timothy?
+
+Some scholars think the “good confession” about which Paul wrote was when Timothy told others that he
+believed in Jesus. Other scholars think Timothy made the “good confession” when he began preaching the
+gospel (see: 2 Timothy 1:14).
+
+See: Romans 10:9-10
+
+See: Confess (Confession); Preach (Preacher); Gospel
+
+### Why did Paul write Timothy to “keep the commandment without spot or blame”?
+
+Paul wrote Timothy to obey God’s commandment “without spot.” That is, he needed to obey God
+perfectly. To be “without blame” meant Timothy was to do things in such a way that no one could accuse
+him of doing the wrong things.
+
+See: 4:11-16; 2 Peter 3:14
+
+### Why did Paul write “reveal Christ’s appearing”?
+
+Paul wrote “reveal Christ’s appearing” to write that God decided when Christ will return. God will cause it
+to happen (see: Acts 1:6-7). “Appearing”(ἐπιφάνεια/g2015) was one of the words used to talk about when
+Jesus came to earth the first time  (see: 2 Timothy 1:10). The same Greek word for “appearing” is also used
+for the second time Jesus will come in the future (see: 2 Thessalonians 2:8; 2 Timothy 4:1, 8; Titus 2:13).
+
+See: Matthew 16:27; 24:30; Colossians 3:4
+
+See: Reveal (Revelation); Jesus’ Return to Earth; Glory (Glorify)
+
+### What was “immortality”? 
+
+God has “immortality.” That is, only God has always lived and will live forever and never dies (see: 1:17).
+God promised Christians that they will live forever with God also (1 Corinthians 15:53-54).
+
+See: Immortal (Immortality)
+
+### What was “unapproachable light”?
+
+God’s presence is so bright that people cannot be physically close to him. This was the light of God’s glory
+at Mount Sinai (see: Exodus 24:16-17).
+
+See: Psalm 104:1-2
+
+See: Light and Darkness (metaphor); Presence of God; Glory (Glorify)
+
+See Map: Mount Sinai
+
+### How was someone “rich in good works”?
+
+When Paul wrote to Timothy about people being “rich in good works,” he wanted people to do many good
+things.
+
+See: Acts 9:36; Titus 3:8;
+
+### What was a “good foundation”?
+
+Paul wrote about a “good foundation.” This was a metaphor. In the same way cement and large rocks made
+a foundation to build a solid house, so the things taught in the Bible is the foundation for a Christian to live.
+
+See: Matthew 6:19-21
+
+See: Metaphor
+
+### Why did Paul write to Timothy to“protect” what was given to him?
+
+Paul told Timothy the truth, and Timothy needed to “protect”(φυλάσσω/g5442) it. Also, Timothy needed to
+teach  Christians the truth in the same way that Paul taught Timothy. Some scholars think that this was all
+the things Christians taught. Other scholars think that it was only the things Paul wrote Timothy in this
+letter.
+
+See: 1:11, 18; 2 Timothy 1:14
+
+### Why did Paul write some men “missed the faith”?
+
+Some scholars think Paul wrote the words “miss”(ἀστοχέω/g0795) the faith to write about people who did
+not fully understand the message about believing in Jesus. Therefore, they began to teach false things about
+what was faith. Fewer scholars think Paul used the words to “miss” the faith to write about people who no
+longer believed the message of faith.
+
+See: 1:6, 19; 2 Timothy 2:18