Outline—1 Timothy 5:17–25

  1. The ethics behind the preacher’s pay (vv. 17, 18)
  2. The ethics behind the preacher’s protection (vv. 19, 20)
  3. The ethics behind the preacher’s purity (vv. 21, 22)
  4. The ethics behind the preacher’s pain (v. 23)
  5. The ethics behind the preacher’s perception (vv. 24, 25)

Related Scripture

  • James 4:2
  • Matthew 22:39
  • Psalm 15
  • Proverbs 6:16—19
  • Matthew 5:37 (…let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’)
  • Leviticus 25, 19:13
  • Colossians 1:10
  • Acts 5:29
  • Joshua 24:14
  • Exodus 20 (the ten commandments)
  • Romans 12:9, 10

Take Home Points

  • Civil society is only as civil as it models Christian ethics.
  • If we would just follow the ten commandments, our society would be well on the way to becoming civil.
  • Moral excellence is doing that which is right and avoiding that which is wrong.

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