Study 4 From The Book of 1 Timothy 3:14-4:5
1. What truths about the Christian
church are signified by the descriptive phrases of 3:15? Consider each in
turn. Cf. Eph. 2:19-22; 2 Cor. 6:16-18.
(See Note below) What demands ought these truths to make upon us?
2. Note whence the false teaching
described in 4:1-5 would arise and by what kind of men it would be
propagated. What, according to Paul’s
teaching here, is the true Christian position with regard to (a) marriage and
(b) foods that may be eaten? Cf. Heb.
13:4; Rom. 14:2, 3, 6b.
3. 3:16 may quote part of an early
Christian hymn. What do these statements declare concerning the Person and work
of Jesus Christ? What are the sphere and the extent of His Lordship?
Note. 3:15. ‘The pillar and
bulwark of the truth’: i.e, displaying and upholding in the world the
revelation of the gospel; and so providing a public and enduring witness for
God. Cf. Rev. 2: 5.
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