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 # 1 TIMOTHY 6
 
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 ## 6:1-2
 
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 ### What was a slave?
 
+[6:1]
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 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.
@@ -12,7 +17,9 @@ See: Ephesians 6:5-8; Colossians 3:22-25;
 
 See: [Serve (Servant, Slave)](../articles/serve.md)
 
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 ### What did it mean to be “under the yoke”?
+[6:1]
 
 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
@@ -20,12 +27,18 @@ was used to talk about how slaves were owned by a master and made to do work.
 
 See: [Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md)
 
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 ### Why did Paul write, “worthy of all honor”?
 
+[6:1]
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 Paul wanted Christian slaves to respect their master by obeying him.
 
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 ### How might the “name of God” be blasphemed?
 
+[6:1]
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 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
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 See: [Blaspheme (Blasphemy)](../articles/blaspheme.md)
 
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 ## 6:3-10
 
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 ### What was teaching that did “not agree” with Paul’s message?
 
+[6:3]
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 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.
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 See: [Church](../articles/church.md)
 
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 ### What were “controversies and arguments about words”?
 
+[6:4]
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 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
@@ -58,14 +80,20 @@ See: Proverbs 20:3; Titus 3:9
 
 See: [Church](../articles/church.md)
 
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 ### What was a “depraved” person?
 
+[6:5]
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 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.
 
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 ### Why did Paul write the word “contentment”?
 
+[6:6]
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 “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.
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 See: [Greed (Covet)](../articles/greed.md)
 
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 ### How were godliness and contentment “great gain”?
 
+[6:6]
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 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)](../articles/godly.md)
 
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 ### Why did Paul write “the world”?
 
+[6:7]
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 In the same way that newborn babies have nothing in this world, people cannot take anything from this
 world with them when they die.
 
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 A person with “love of money” only wanted to have much money and things they could buy with it.
 
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 ### How was the love of money “a root of all kinds of evil”?
 
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 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.  
 
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 See: [Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md)
 
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 ### How did people who loved money “pierce themselves with much grief”?
 
+[6:10]
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 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.
 
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 ## 6:11-21
 
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 ### What was a “man of God”?
 
+[6:11]
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 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
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 See: [Prophet](../articles/prophet.md)
 
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 ### Why did Paul write Timothy to  “flee these things”?
 
+[6:11]
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 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
 
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 ### What was the “good fight of faith”?
 
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 Paul wanted Timothy to know that a Christian will be persecuted by people who do not believe in Jesus.
 
 See: [Persecute (Persecution)](../articles/persecute.md)  
 
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 ### What was the “good confession” made by Timothy?
 
+[6:12, 6:13]
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 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).
@@ -146,16 +201,22 @@ See: Romans 10:9-10
 
 See: [Confess (Confession)](../articles/confess.md); [Preach (Preacher)](../articles/preach.md); [Gospel](../articles/gospel.md)
 
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 ### Why did Paul write Timothy to “keep the commandment without spot or blame”?
 
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 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
 
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 ### Why did Paul write “reveal Christ’s appearing”?
 
+[6:14]
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 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
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 See: [Reveal (Revelation)](../articles/reveal.md); [Jesus' Return to Earth](../articles/jesusreturn.md); [Glory (Glorify)](../articles/glory.md)
 
-### What was “immortality”? 
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+### What was “immortality”?
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+[6:16]
 
 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)](../articles/immortal.md)
 
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 ### What was “unapproachable light”?
 
+[6:16]
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 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).
 
@@ -183,15 +250,21 @@ See: [Light and Darkness (Metaphor)](../articles/lightdarkness.md); [Presence of
 
 See Map: Mount Sinai
 
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 ### How was someone “rich in good works”?
 
+[6:18]
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 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;
 
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 ### What was a “good foundation”?
 
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 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.
 
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 See: [Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md)
 
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 ### Why did Paul write to Timothy to“protect” what was given to him?
 
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 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
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 See: 1:11, 18; 2 Timothy 1:14
 
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 ### Why did Paul write some men “missed the faith”?
 
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 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