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1 Timothy 1 – Fight the Good
Fight The books of 1 & 2 Timothy are books from Paul to
Timothy, they are books of mentoring. In
the next nine weeks, we would like you to begin a mentoring journey. The whole point of these letters is to teach
us how to be learners and teachers at the same time. Please pray about who you can mentor, like
Paul helped Timothy, as you study God’s way of growing people. 1. What was
Paul’s relationship to Timothy and how did he feel about him? 1:1,2 2. Read
1:3,4. What is Paul telling Timothy to
do? Why? 3. What is the
principle of mentoring in verse 3? What
is mentoring? 4. Why do
fables and genealogies cause disputes? What is really being said in 1:4? 5. What is the
purpose of the commandment? 1:5 6. How do you
get a pure heart? Good conscience? Sincere faith? 7. What were
“some” like? Why? 1:6 8. Read
1:8-11. In your own words, what is the
law good for and how does it relate to the glorious gospel? 9. Paul recalls
where he had come from. Why do you think
it is important to remember what God has brought you out of? 1:12,13 10. How does a
person get more faith and more love? 1:14 11. Why did
Jesus come into the world? 1:15 12. Why is it
important that we remember the purpose of Jesus? 12. What was
Paul’s attitude of himself? 13. How does
having the right attitude about yourself make you a better mentor of others? 14. Read verse
16. How is the process of mentoring
described? 15. What was
Paul’s attitude towards God? 1:17 What is your attitude towards God? 16. What is
Paul’s personal challenge to Timothy? 1:18-20 17. Why are
personal challenges to others so important in mentoring?
18. How have
some people made shipwreck of their faith? 1:19 What does that mean? How can it be avoided? 19. Paul mentions by
name Hymenaeus and Alexander. Why? 20. Why is a
bad example of conduct good for us to know? (the Bible is full of bad examples) 21. What does
it mean to be delivered to Satan? How
does a person do that to another person? Why would you do it? 22. What is
your title for this chapter? __________________ Who can you mentor to help them grow in faith?
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