Paul’s First Letter to Timothy:
A. The Pastoral Epistles
B. Authorship of the Epistles
C. Background of Timothy and his family
D. Content and Theme of the Book
Outline of 1 Timothy:
Key theme: How to manage the ministry of the local church:
Key verse: 1 Tim 3:15
I. THE CHURCH AND ITS MESSAGE - chapter 1
A. Teaching sound doctrine - 1:1-11
B. Proclaiming the Gospel - 1:12-17
C. Defending the faith - 1:18-20
II. THE CHURCH AND ITS MEMBERS - chapters 2-3
A. Praying men - 2:1-8
B. Submitting women - 2:9-15
C. Qualified pastors - 3:1-7
D. Qualified deacons - 3:8-13
E. Behaving believers - 3:14-16
III. THE CHURCH AND ITS MINISTER - chapter 4
A. A good minister, preaching the Word - 4:1-6
B. A godly minister, practicing the Word - 4:7-12
C. A growing minister, progressing in the Word - 4:13-16
IV. THE CHURCH AND ITS MINISTRY - chapters 5-6
A. To older members - 5:1-2
B. To older widows - 5:3-10
C. To younger widows - 5:11-16
D. To church officers - 5:17-25
E. To servants (slaves) - 6:1-2
F. To false teachers - 6:3-10
G. To the pastor - 6:11-16, 20-21
H. To the rich - 6:17-19
