1 Timothy 6:14

This commandment] i.e. the sum of the charges contained in the Epistle. Without spot, unrebukeable] Timothy's faith is to be without spot, so that he should be without reproach. Until the appearing] These words do not necessarily indicate a belief on St. Paul's part that the Coming of the Lord would be in Timothy's lifetime. It might be, and then Timothy would have kept his deposit to the end if he were faithful; it might be later, and then he would have done his part in keeping it in his generation. The Return of the Lord is to take place in God's time, which 'He hath placed in His own power' (Acts 1:7).

15, 16. Probably an ascription of praise in use in the Apostolic Church.

17-19; The ninth charge to Timothy, arising out of 1 Timothy 6:6, respecting the rich. He is to instruct them not to trust in their riches and grow conceited, but to be ready to give to others, so laying up for themselves a treasure in heaven. The right use of wealth, as of all other of God's gifts, while it will not earn eternal life, will yet conduce to our attainment of it, good works not being the cause, but being nevertheless, in adults, a condition of salvation.