Key Verses

1st Timothy 3:14-15
"These things I write to you, though I hope to come to your shortly; but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth."

This week’s lesson will focus on chapters 2 & 3. While we have discussed in the overview of the book some of these areas we will focus specifically on the scriptures mentioned above.

General instructions concerning the church (2:1-3:13):
1. The practice of prayer (2:1-8)
2. Instructions for women (2:9-15)
3. Qualities for church officers (3:1-13)
4. Qualities for For bishops (3:1-7)
5. Qualities for For deacons (3:8-13)