(b) 1 Timothy 6:11-16. Timothy's Call to Fidelity. In contrast with this quest for worldly profit (1 Timothy 6:5; 1 Timothy 6:9 f.) Timothy must pursue the Christian virtues. Let him, in life's arena (for the metaphor cf. 2 Timothy 4:7; 1 Corinthians 9:24, Php_3:12), continuously wage faith's fair contest, and so obtain the victor's garland, eternal life (James 1:12; Revelation 2:10). It was to win this prize that he was summoned in his baptism, at which, entering upon the contest, he made the good confession before many fellow-Christians. Now, in the midst of the struggle, he is charged to loyalty by a more tremendous Presence, by an assurance that he is in the hands of One whose protective power is universal, and by the example of One who, as Man, put that protective power to a successful test (EGT). The charge closes with a noble doxology (cf. 1 Timothy 1:17).
1 Timothy 6:13. witnessed, etc.; cf. Revelation 1:5.
1 Timothy 6:14. commandment: the gospel as a rule of life.
1 Timothy 6:15. King, etc.; cf. Revelation 17:14; Deuteronomy 10:17.
1 Timothy 6:16. who only, ets.: i.e. as His essential property (cf. John 5:26). dwelling, etc.: Exodus 33:17 ff., Enoch 14:21 f. whom, etc.: cf. John 1:18; 1 John 4:12.