1 Timothy 6:20-21

Timothy, keep safe. These last two verses are a summary of the entire Letter. The gospel turned over to Timothy to keep and to pass on (2 Timothy 2:2), is the true account of Jesus as the Son of God, the fact that he is a descendant of David and Abraham, his birth by a virgin, his teaching, his miracles, his death, his raising from death, his going back to the Father, his return to raise the dead and judge the world. In other words, it is God's act in Christ to set men free!!! Knowledge. This is the force of distortion, which began its work as soon as the Good News was preached that first Pentecost. We see it in the circumcision party, with their legends and long lists of names of ancestors, their false pride, and their unhealthy desire to argue and quarrel about words. Paul was a restorationist, because he called Christians back to the purity of the Good News!!! Compare note on 2 Timothy 2:16.