Jeremy Hoover

 
 
Here are some questions for you to work and pray through as we finish up 1 Timothy 2 and move into chapter 3.

1 Timothy 1 Study Questions

1 Timothy 2 Study Questions

Church Leadership: Elders
  1. Why does Paul consider the saying in 3:1 about desiring the overseership/ eldership "trustworthy"?
  2. Look at 1 Timothy 1:15; 4:9; 2 Timothy 2:11; and Titus 3:8. How does the use of this phrase in those passages influence your understanding of this verse?
  3. Why is being an overseer (or elder) a "noble task" (3:1)?
  4. Is someone arrogant or prideful to "aspire" to be an overseer? Why or why not?
  5. Are all the traits listed in 3:2-7 required? Are they applications of what it means to "be above reproach" (3:2)?
  6. Must a candidate for eldership excel in every area? Is there room for an elder to continue to grow spiritually or must he have topped out already?
  7. Read this passage in several translations. Do they all read "husband of one wife" (3:2)? What does that phrase mean?
  8. Must an elder have multiple children (3:4)? Must the children believe?
  9. How can we gauge these traits in a candidate (3:7, for example)?
Church Leadership: Deacons
  1. What does "in the same way" mean (3:8)?
  2. Why does it mention "testing" for deacons (3:10) but not for elders?
  3. Read several translations of 3:11. Do they all read "their wives"? What other options exist?
  4. Why does the phrase "in the same way" repeat in 3:8 and 3:11?
  5. If we interpret 3:11 to refer to deacons' wives, why are character traits listed for deacons' wives but not for elders' wives?
  6. What is the result of good service (3:13)?
 


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