1 Timothy 6:14 (LSB)

Passage

that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

1 Timothy 6:13 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

1 Timothy 6:14 that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Timothy 6:15 which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

1 Timothy 6:16 who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal might! Amen.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "keep", "commandment", "without", "stain", "reproach", "until", "appearing", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "keep" and "commandment", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "I charge you in the presence of..." into verse 15's "which He will bring about at the...", so "keep" and "commandment" belong inside that flow. In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "keep" and "commandment" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.