{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies","author_name":"Jeff Gulleson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/author\/jgulleson\/","title":"I Tim. 3:1 - Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"T4lkDozOQB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/1-timothy\/1-timothy-3\/i-tim-31\/\">I Tim. 3:1<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/1-timothy\/1-timothy-3\/i-tim-31\/embed\/#?secret=T4lkDozOQB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;I Tim. 3:1&#8221; &#8212; Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson\" data-secret=\"T4lkDozOQB\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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(Loving God, fellow Christians, the non- Christian world) 1:7-8 &#8211; The law is good if used properly. (The law\u2019s deterrent, punitive and educative purposes) 1:8-11 &#8211; \u201cWhatever else \u2026\u201d The Gospel Ethic. (Law-Philia University) 1:11 &#8211; Our Relationship with \u201cThe Blessed God.\u201d (Causing God pain or joy) 1:12-16 Why Paul considered himself the worst of sinners. 1:12-16 Conversion of the apostle Paul. 1:12-16 Paul\u2019s call to ministry. 1:17 Paul\u2019s doxology of praise for his conversion. 1:18-20 How to avoid shipwrecking our faith. 2:1-3 The Christian is to pray for all men. 2:4,6 Comparison of Calvinism &amp; Armenianism. 2:5-6 The man, Christ Jesus, the only mediator. 2:1-7 The vision, the message, the means. 2:8-15 Treatment of women in the ancient world, the early church and the Bible. 2:8-15 Three key hermeneutic principles to follow when studying the Bible. 2:8 Praying Men with Peaceful Hearts 2:9-10 A First-Century Christian Woman\u2019s Dress and Deeds 2:11-12 Does Submission Demand Silence? 2:13-15 Paul\u2019s Logic for Requiring Women to Be Silent in The Ephesian House Churches. 3:1 Why Aspiring to Church Leadership Can Be a Good Thing. 1Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task. 2Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect. 5(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God&#8217;s church?) 6He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. 7He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil&#8217;s trap. INTRODUCTION: 1. Background of I Timothy up to 3:1: Paul spent 3 yrs in Ephesus. Later at Miletus gives speech to elders (Acts 20) telling them that some of them will become false teachers. Several years later sends Timothy to Ephesus to \u201c\u2026command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer nor devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies\u201d (I Tim. 1:3). Then he gives his testimony, refers to he excommunication of some false teachers, explains about worship (pray for all men for God wants all to be saved) which includes keeping the women from being involved in spreading false teaching. \u00a02. Five \u201cFaithful Sayings\u201d in the Pastoral Epistles \u00a0Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world [&hellip;]"}