1 Timothy 1:3-17; Love Is Our Charge

Sermon in a sentence: Love leads to theology and practice.

Love leads to right theology (vs. 3-7)

False teachers loved to teach. (vs. 4 & 7)

Timothy is called to correct and persevere (vs. 3 & 5)

Love leads to right living ( vs. 8-17)

Paul uses the ten commandments as a framework for right living. (vs. 9-10)

Paul uses his testimony as a reminder of what he was before. (vs. 12-17)

Ephesians–Philemon Comment

TABLE 6.2: 1 Timothy 1:9–10a and the Ten Commandments

Exodus 20 (Ten Commandments)

1 Timothy 1:9–10a

1. You shall have no other gods before me …

the lawless and disobedient

2. You shall not make for yourself a carved image …

the ungodly and sinners

3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain …

the unholy

4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy …

profane

5. Honor your father and your mother …

those who strike their fathers and mothers

6. You shall not murder …

murderers

7. You shall not commit adultery …

the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality

8. You shall not steal …

enslavers

9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor …

liars, perjurers

10. You shall not covet …

whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine

Denny Burk, “1 Timothy,” in Ephesians–Philemon, ed. Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton Jr., and Jay Sklar, vol. XI, ESV Expository Commentary (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018)

Robert W. Yarbrough, The Letters to Timothy and Titus, ed. D. A. Carson, Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; London: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; Apollos, 2018)