New English Translation
1 Timothy 6:11
11But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.
1 Timothy 6:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
- New International Version (NIV)But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
Context of 1 Timothy 6:11
9Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains. But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness. 12Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses. 13I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,
Read all of 1 Timothy 61 Timothy 6:11 word by word
Σὺ δέ, ὦ ἄνθρωπε θεοῦ, ταῦτα φεῦγε, δίωκε δὲ δικαιοσύνην, εὐσέβειαν, πίστιν, ἀγάπην, ὑπομονήν, πραϋπαθίαν·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Butδέde · thenG1161
- thouσύsu · youG4771
- Oὦō · oh!G5599
- manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- of Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- fleeφεύγωpheugō · to fleeG5343
- these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- follow afterδιώκωdiōkō · to pursueG1377
- righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343
- godlinessεὐσέβειαeusebeia · pietyG2150
- faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
- loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
- patienceὑπομονήhupomonē · perseveranceG5281
- meeknessπραΰτηςprautēs · gentlenessG4240
Cross-references for 1 Timothy 6:11
- 2 Timothy 2:22But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
- 1 Timothy 6:20O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called “knowledge.”
- Deuteronomy 33:1This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
- 1 Samuel 2:27A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Did I not plainly reveal myself to your ancestor’s house when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh?
- 1 Samuel 9:6But the servant said to him, “Look, there is a man of God in this town. He is highly respected. Everything that he says really happens. Now let’s go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here.”
- 1 Kings 13:1Just then a prophet from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.
- 1 Kings 17:18She asked Elijah, “Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?”
- 1 Kings 20:28The prophet visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
- 2 Kings 1:9The king sent a captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. The captain went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. He told him, “Prophet, the king says, ‘Come down!’”
- 2 Kings 5:20Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought, “Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. As certainly as the Lord lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”
- 2 Kings 23:17He asked, “What is this grave marker I see?” The men from the city replied, “It’s the grave of the prophet who came from Judah and foretold these very things you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
- 1 Chronicles 23:14The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites.
- 2 Chronicles 8:14As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.
- Nehemiah 12:24And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by David the man of God.
- Jeremiah 35:4I took them to the Lord’s temple. I took them into the room where the disciples of the prophet Hanan son of Igdaliah stayed. That room was next to the one where the temple officers stayed and above the room where Maaseiah son of Shallum, one of the doorkeepers of the temple, stayed.
- 2 Timothy 3:17that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.
Commentaries on 1 Timothy 6:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11But thou, O man of God - Thou, who hast taken God for thy portion, and art seeking a city that hath foundations, whose builder is the living God, flee these things. Escape for thy life. Even thou art not out of the reach of the love of money. How many of the ministers of religion have been ruined by this! And how much has religion itself suffered by their love of money! Follow after righteousness - Justice and uprightness in all thy dealings with men…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11But thou, O man of God, flee these things - These allurements of wealth, and these sad consequences which the love of gold produces. And follow after righteousness, - Make these the grand object of your pursuit. On the virtues here enumerated, see the notes on Galatians 5:22-23.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 It ill becomes any men, but especially men of God, to set their hearts upon the things of this world; men of God should be taken up with the things of God. There must be a conflict with corruption, and temptations, and the powers of darkness. Eternal life is the crown proposed for our encouragement. We are called to lay hold thereon. To the rich must especially be pointed out their dangers and duties, as to the proper use of wealth. But who…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-16Before ending the discussion on wealth, Paul urges Timothy to live an innocent life. Paul encourages Timothy to flee the desire for wealth.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. But thou--in contrast to the "some" (1Ti 6:10). man of God--who hast God as thy true riches (Ge 15:1; Psa 16:5; La 3:24). Applying primarily to Timothy as a minister (compare 2Pe 1:21), just as the term was used of Moses (De 33:1), Samuel (1Sa 9:6), Elijah, and Elisha; but, as the exhortation is as to duties incumbent also on all Christians, the term applies secondarily to him (so 2Ti 3:17) as a Christian man born of God (Jas 1:18; 1Jo 5:1), no longer…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Timothy 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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