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Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Timothy 6:14 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • KJV That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • NKJV that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing,
  • NASB that you keep the commandment without fault or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • NLT that you obey this command without wavering. Then no one can find fault with you from now until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

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Quick answer

Timothy is to keep the commandment spotless and blameless until Christ appears. Faithful obedience is to continue until the Lord's return.

Overview

Paul urges Timothy to guard his charge without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. The hope of Christ's second coming motivates persevering faithfulness. Living in light of that glorious appearing shapes the whole of Christian ministry and obedience between now and then.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 26

  • 2 Pet 3:14Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
  • 1 Pet 1:7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Th 5:23Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Heb 9:28so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
  • Titus 2:13as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
  • Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
  • Phil 1:10so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
  • Heb 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
  • Song 4:7You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
  • Rev 1:7Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
  • 1 Chr 28:9–10As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  • 1 Tim 4:11–16Command and teach these things.
  • Col 1:22But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
  • 2 Tim 4:1I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:
  • 1 Cor 1:8He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Th 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
  • 1 Th 3:13so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
  • Phil 2:15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
  • 1 Pet 1:19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
  • Eph 5:27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
  • 1 Tim 6:20O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”
  • 1 Chr 28:20David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
  • Col 4:17Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”
  • Phil 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
  • 2 Th 2:1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers,

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Christ at the center

There is 'one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all' — the mystery of godliness, God manifest in the flesh.

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