I. He treats of the duty of servants, 1 Tim. 6:1–2. II. Of false teachers, 1 Tim. 6:3–5. III. Of godliness and covetousness, 1 Tim. 6:6–10. IV. What Timothy was to flee, and what to follow, 1 Tim. 6:11–12. V. A solemn charge, 1 Tim. 6:13–16. VI. A charge for the rich, 1 Tim. 6:17–19.

I. Here is the duty of servants. The apostle had spoken before of church-relations, here of our family-relations. Servants are here said to be under the yoke, which denotes both subjection and labour; they are yoked to work, not to be idle.

From the mention of the abuse which some put upon religion, making it to serve their secular advantages, the apostle, I. Takes occasion to show the excellency of contentment and the evil of covetousness. 1. The excellency of contentment, 1 Tim. 6:6–8.

The apostle here charges Timothy to keep this commandment (that is, the whole work of his ministry, all the trust reposed in him, all the service expected from him) without spot, unrebukable; he must conduct himself so in his ministry that he might not lay himself open to any blame nor incur any…