September 2023

READ: Eph. 4:7-16 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. – 1 Tim. 3:1 1 Tim. 3:1 follows from the previous discussion. The woman’s primary role lies within her family as a mother. The man may aspire to the office of elder in […]

READ: 1 Pet. 3:1-7 Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control. – 1 Tim. 2:15 Paul not only mentions the limitations imposed on women but also points out the great privilege she receives when she sincerely believes in her Savior. She has not received lesser

READ: 1 Tim. 2:9-14: … Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. 

READ: Is. 1: 12-17                                           I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. – 1 Tim. 2:8 Paul continues his instructions for the gatherings concerning prayer. Now

READ: Mark 10:35-45 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, Who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. – 1 Tim. 2:5-6 Paul explains why the Lord God sent Christ to bring people from all over the world to salvation. He

READ: Rom. 13:1-7 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications … be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a … life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to

READ: 1 Tim. 1:18-20: …  that by them you may wage the good warfare, having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck, …   Paul addresses Timothy as his son. This is not just a matter of age difference but also of affection. Timothy has been taught

READ: Luke 19:1-10 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. – 1 Tim. 1:15 You might wonder, does this superabundant grace of Christ also apply to us? In verse 15, Paul shows that this is indeed the

READ: Mic. 7:18-20 And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. –  1 Tim. 1:14 Paul has shown how much we need God’s law: to reveal our sins. Only by confessing our sins can we receive forgiveness from God through the blood of Christ. We

READ: 1 Tim. 1:5-13 Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. – 1 Tim. 1:13 While Paul is engaged in his 4th missionary journey he write to Timothy, a young co-worker.  In Ephesus, Timothy encounters false teachers who hold