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I Timothy.
A | 1: 1, 2. Salutation.
B | 1: 3-20. Hetero didaskaleo, "Teach no other doctrine" (1: 3).
The dispensation of God (1: 4).
Endless genealogies (1: 4).
Committed to trust (1: 11).
Aionian life (1: 16).
The King, incorruptible, invisible (1: 17).
This charge (1: 18).
Shipwreck (1: 19).
C | 2: 1-7. I exhort (2: 1).
The salvation of all men (2: 4).
Paul's ministry (2: 7).
D | 2: 8 - 3: 15-. These things I write (3: 14).
Men. Women. Adam. Eve (2: 8 3: 13).
I hope to come shortly (3: 14).
E | 3: -15, 16. The MYSTERY of GODLINESS. Angels.
E | 4: 1-8. The APOSTACY. Doctrines of demons.
C | 4: 9-12. Command and teach (4: 11).
The Saviour of all men (4: 10).
Timothy's example (4: 12).
D | 4: 13 - 6: 2. These things teach and exhort (6: 2).
Men. Women. Elders. Widows (5: 1-17).
Till I come (4: 13).
B | 6: 3-20. Hetero didaskaleo, "Teach otherwise" (6: 3).
The good deposit (6: 20).
Profane and vain babblings (6: 20).
Committed to trust (6: 20).
Aionian life (6: 12).
King, immortal, unseen (6: 15, 16).
I give thee charge (6: 13).
Drowning (6: 9).
A | 6: 21. Salutation.
Instead of working out the members B and B we have placed the corresponding
subjects in the same order in each section so that the parallel thoughts may be obvious
without going minutely into detail. For example, "the shipwreck" of 1: 19 and "the
drowning" of 6: 9 are an interesting parallel. It will be sufficient for our purpose if the
simple outline given above is seen to be in line with the Epistle as a whole and that both
these important sections, B and B, are associated with a warning against heterodox
teaching. The true doctrine is found in I Tim. 3: 16, section E, while the contrary,
the doctrines of demons, is found in the great apostacy of I Tim. 4: 1-7, section E.
We can now confidently say that the structure of the Epistle emphasizes the mystery
of godliness, in 1: 17 and 6: 15, 16, where God is said to be invisible and unseen, and
also points to 3: 16 where it is stated that God has been manifested in the flesh and