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Counsel to Timothy. [a]If you will give these instructions to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound teaching you have followed.

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  1. 4:6–10 Timothy is urged to be faithful, both in his teaching and in his own life, as he looks only to God for salvation.

If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters,[a] you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith(A) and of the good teaching that you have followed.(B)

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  1. 1 Timothy 4:6 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.

Whoever teaches something different and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the religious teaching(A)

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If anyone teaches otherwise(A) and does not agree to the sound instruction(B) of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,

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For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine but, following their own desires and insatiable curiosity,[a] will accumulate teachers(A)

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  1. 4:3 Insatiable curiosity: literally, “with itching ears.”

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.(A) Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.(B)

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holding fast to the true message as taught so that he will be able both to exhort with sound doctrine and to refute opponents.(A)

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He must hold firmly(A) to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine(B) and refute those who oppose it.

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III. Teaching the Christian Life

Chapter 2

Christian Behavior.[a] As for yourself, you must say what is consistent with sound doctrine, namely,(A)

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  1. 2:1–10 One of Titus’ main tasks in Crete is to become acquainted with the character of the Cretans and thereby learn to cope with its deficiencies (see Ti 1:12). The counsel is not only for Titus himself but for various classes of people with whom he must deal: older men and women (Ti 2:2–4), younger women and men (Ti 2:4–7), and slaves (Ti 2:9–10); cf. Eph 6:1–9; Col 3:18–4:1.

Doing Good for the Sake of the Gospel

You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.(A)

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