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

Detailed Outline of 1 Timothy

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

3. 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)