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Kress Biblical Resources :: Priorities in Church Worship and Leadership (1Ti 2:1-3:16)

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Detailed Outline of 1 Timothy

The Church Must Oppose Error and Uphold the Truth in This World

  1. Priorities in church worship and leadership (1Ti 2:1-3:16)
    1. Starting with corporate prayer and proper worship (1Ti 2:1-15)
      1. The primacy of prayer and male leadership in corporate worship (1Ti 2:1-7)
        1. The primacy of public prayer (1Ti 2:1a)
        2. The particular nuances of public prayer (1Ti 2:1b)
          1. Entreaties and prayers
          2. Petitions and thanksgivings
        3. The people we are to pray for in our public prayer (1Ti 2:1c-2)
          1. On behalf of all men (1Ti 2:1c)
          2. For kings and all who are in authority (1Ti 2:2a)
          3. For our own ministry witness (1Ti 2:2b)
        4. The purpose of public prayer (1Ti 2:3-7)
          1. Our Savior deems it good and acceptable (1Ti 2:3)
          2. Our Savior desires all people to be saved (1Ti 2:4-7)
            1. The simple statement (1Ti 2:4)
            2. The Savior’s work as mediator (1Ti 2:5)
            3. The Savior’s work of redemption (1Ti 2:6)
            4. The Savior’s work through the Apostle to the nations (1Ti 2:7)
      2. The proper conduct of male leadership in corporate worship (1Ti 2:8)
        1. Men are to lead in prayer during corporate worship (1Ti 2:8a)
        2. Men are to lead in a spirit of reverence and holiness in corporate worship (1Ti 2:8b)
        3. Men are to lead in a spirit of humility, forgiveness, and peace in corporate worship (1Ti 2:8c)
      3. The proper conduct of women in corporate worship (1Ti 2:9-15)
        1. Women are to adorn themselves modestly and discreetly (1Ti 2:9)
        2. Women are to adorn themselves with good works and godliness (1Ti 2:10)
        3. Women are to pursue attitudes and actions that reveal submissiveness, humility, and confident faith (1Ti 2:11-15)
          1. Teachable, submissive and at rest (1Ti 2:11)
          2. Trusting God’s wisdom (1Ti 2:12-15)
            1. Obeying God’s command (1Ti 2:12)
            2. Learning from God’s Word (1Ti 2:13-14)
              • Learning from the deliberate order of creation (1Ti 2:13)
              • Learning from the deception of Eve (1Ti 2:14)
            3. Believing God’s promise (1Ti 2:15)
    2. Sanctified leadership (1Ti 3:1-16)
      1. The required character of an overseer (1Ti 3:1-7)
        1. The desire for the work (1Ti 3:1)
        2. The description of the character (1Ti 3:2-7)
          1. Above reproach—a summary characteristic (1Ti 3:2a)
          2. A one-woman man (1Ti 3:2b)
          3. Self-controlled (1Ti 3:2c)
          4. Sensible (1Ti 3:2d)
          5. Respectable (1Ti 3:2e)
          6. A friend of strangers (1Ti 3:2f)
          7. Able to teach (1Ti 3:2g)
          8. Not a drunkard (1Ti 3:3a)
          9. Not a bully (1Ti 3:3b)
          10. Gentle (1Ti 3:3c)
          11. Peaceable (1Ti 3:3d)
          12. Free from the love of money (1Ti 3:3e)
          13. A good manager of his home (1Ti 3:4-5)
            1. His home in summary (1Ti 3:4a)
            2. His parenting (1Ti 3:4b)
            3. The parallel between his house and the house of God (1Ti 3:5)
          14. Not a new Christian (1Ti 3:6)
          15. A good testimony with non-believers (1Ti 3:7)
      2. The required character of deacons and their wives (1Ti 3:8-13)
        1. The deacon’s character (1Ti 3:8-10)
          1. Dignified (1Ti 3:8a)
          2. Not double-tongued (1Ti 3:8b)
          3. Not a drunkard (1Ti 3:8c)
          4. Not greedy (1Ti 3:8d)
          5. Sincere in the faith (1Ti 3:9)
          6. Faithful and beyond reproach (1Ti 3:10)
        2. The deacon’s wife’s character (1Ti 3:11)
          1. Dignified (1Ti 3:11a)
          2. Not prone to slander/gossip (1Ti 3:11b)
          3. Self-controlled (1Ti 3:1c)
          4. Faithful (1Ti 3:11d)
        3. The deacon’s character in regard to his home (1Ti 3:12)
          1. A one-woman man (1Ti 3:12a)
          2. A good manager of his home (1Ti 3:12b)
        4. The deacon’s comfort (1Ti 3:13)
      3. The reason for this epistle—the church is to uphold the truth (1Ti 3:14-16)
        1. The purpose of the epistle (1Ti 3:14-15)
          1. The potential visit (1Ti 3:14)
          2. The purpose stated (1Ti 3:15)
            1. The purpose of the letter—so one may know how to conduct himself in the church (1Ti 3:15a)
            2. The purpose of the church—to uphold the truth of God in the world (1Ti 3:15b)
        2. The poetic summary of the gospel (1Ti 3:16)
          1. The great mystery which produces reverence for God (1Ti 3:16a)
          2. The incarnation of God (1Ti 3:16b)
          3. The vindication of the Spirit [in the OT Scriptures, at His birth, baptism, temptation, death, resurrection] (1Ti 3:16c)
          4. The attention of angels [announcing His coming, at His birth, in the wilderness temptation, in the garden of Gethsemane, at the empty tomb, at the ascension] (1Ti 3:16d)
          5. The proclamation of the gospel [by the Apostles, the church, and the Scriptures] (1Ti 3:16e)
          6. The reception of the faith (1Ti 3:16f)
          7. The ascension in glory [to the right hand of the Father, now interceding for us] (1Ti 3:16g)
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